Mordmethoden

Remember the beginning of Henning Mankell's novel Midsummer Murder: three teenagers are killed in a brutal way, and the bodies, packed in plastic bags, are buried in the forest by the murderer. Kurt Wallander is charged with the investigation of this case. If he had had Mark Benecke at his side, the popular Swedish commissioner would certainly have been able to reach his goal more quickly. Mark Benecke's specialty is the examination of the condition of corpses in which they are found; using worms, maggots, and other insects, he is able to determine the exact time, place, and cause of death of crime victims and often convict the perpetrator. Mark Benecke is therefore not a profiler who creates a profile of the perpetrator on a psychological basis, but he comes from the natural sciences, biology, and medicine, producing coroner's reports. You could also call him a body profiler. Mark Benecke is an internationally renowned expert in the field of forensics and forensic medicine and is frequently called to New York to solve difficult murder cases. This volume contains a collection of the darkest criminal cases of the 20th century, including such cases as Heineken, Lindbergh, Pastor Geyer, O. J. Simpson, Seifert, Hetzel, and Bartsch. In an extremely lively and entertaining way, questions such as were there still duels in modern times? Can genetic fingerprints be tricked? How does a pair of glasses left behind lead to a horrible bloodbath? Who else but O.J. Simpson knows anything about his ex-wife's death? And what does the famous stage magician Houdini have to do with the German police, Sherlock Holmes, and ghostly apparitions? To return to the brutal murder in the Mankell novel: who knows, perhaps it is a good thing that Commissioner Wallander, in the latest novel by its inventor, Henning Mankell, says goodbye to retirement. Because in the company of Mark Benecke, he would look even older than he already feels.