Bibliograph

What the dead know, learning about life as a New York City death investigator, Barbara Butcher

Type

Label

What the dead know, learning about life as a New York City death investigator, Barbara Butcher

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What the dead know

Oclc number

1347430091

Responsibility statement

Barbara Butcher

Sub title

learning about life as a New York City death investigator

Summary

"Reflecting on twenty years of investigating more than 5,500 death scenes, an NYC death investigator, the second woman ever hired for this role, shares how, in dealing with death every day, she learned surprising lessons about life--and how some of those lessons saved her from becoming a statistic herself"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The angry hanging man -- Luck joy -- How to roll a body -- Partners in crime -- The Whitehouse hotel -- Don't try this at home -- Timing is everything -- Baby-faced butchers -- The other city -- In case of emergency -- The slain and the slayers -- Fuck Entenmann's -- Homicide: death at the hands of another -- Suicide: murder of the self -- The radios are down -- Whatever it takes -- That's politics -- They locked my ass up

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Learning about life as a New York City death investigator

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