Dead center : behind the scenes at the world's largest medical examiner's office / Shiya Ribowsky and Tom Schachtman.

New York : Harper, 2007, ©2006.

262 pages ; 23 cm

"For fifteen years, Shiya Ribowsky worked as a medicolegal investigator in New York Citys medical examiners officethe largest, most sophisticated organization of its kind in the world. Utilizing his background in medicine, he led the investigations of more than eight thousand individual deaths, becoming a key figure in some of New Yorks most bizarre death cases and eventually taking charge of the largest forensic investigation ever attempted: identifying the dead in the aftermath of the September 11 tragedies. Now, in this mesmerizing book, Ribowsky pulls back the curtain on the New York Citys medical examiners office, giving an enthralling, never-before-seen glimpse into death and the city ... "

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May 04, 2024