New York: Penguin, (2011). First edition - A book which is "equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller. . In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran rampant. With the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo triumphed over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice." Basis of the2014 PBS American Experience film. Notes, index. 319 pp. ISBN: 978-0143118824.