Women Who Talk to the Dead: The True Story of 200 Forgotten Murder Victims and the Relentless Pursuit of Justice by an FBI Agent and a Detroit Police Detective, by Katherine Schweit (82 Stories, 2025, 215pp PB, $21.99)
Do you know that Detroit is a murder capital - and why? Are you intrigued by police, FBI and detective stories, movies, TV programs and college majors? Then this book is for you. You will learn why the field of body-finding and identification is replete with women, why they are so perfect for the fields of anthropology and related majors. You will follow two women - an FBI agent and a Detroit police detective as they try to find and identify the unknown, even if they have to dig them up! You will learn how exacting and detailed those in this job must be and yet how sensitive to the families concerned. And you will learn patience.
Why Detroit?
You will learn the history of Detroit and what made it so prone to murders.
You will follow too many cases of babies left outside alone on purpose to die most likely because their new mothers were overwhelmed.
You will learn about body parts and how those in the field of anthropology can identify bones by feel and you will learn how the new science of DNA helps, though it is costly.
This book has its flaws but they are easily glossed over. I suggest reading it rather quickly.
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