The Criminology Shelf

Tremors in the Blood
Amit Katwala
Crooked Lane Books
2 Park Avenue, 10th floor, New York, NY 10016
www.crookedlanebooks.com
Dreamscape Media
https://www.dreamscapepublishing.com
9781639103423, $18.99, PB, 352pp

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Synopsis: Late one evening in the summer of 1922, Henry Wilkens burst throu=
gh the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife's blood. But was he =
a grieving husband, or a ruthless killer who conspired with bandits to have=
her murdered?

To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology and a new machin=
e that had just been invented in Berkeley by a rookie detective, a visionar=
y police chief, and a teenage magician with a showman's touch.

John Larson, Gus Vollmer and Leonarde Keeler hoped the lie detector would m= ake the justice system fairer -- but their flawed device soon grew too powe= rful for them to control. It poisoned their lives, turned fast friends into=
bitter enemies, and as it conquered America and the world, it transformed = our relationship with the truth in ways that are still being felt.

As new forms of lie detection gain momentum in the present day, with the pu= blication of "Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession, and the Birth of the=
Lie Detector", author Amit Katwala reveals the incredible truth behind the=
creation of the polygraph, through gripping true crime cases featuring exp= losive gunfights, shocking twists and high-stakes courtroom drama.

Touching on psychology, technology and the science of the truth, "Tremors i=
n the Blood" is a vibrant, atmospheric thriller, and a warning from history=
to beware what you believe!

Critique: An exceptionally well researched, written, organized and presente=
d contribution to the history of technology and criminology, "Tremors in th=
e Blood: Murder, Obsession, and the Birth of the Lie Detector" is as inhere= ntly fascinating as it is impressively informative. Of special appeal to re= aders with an interest in the history of the polygraph and its impact on th=
e American judicial systems and use in corporate and governmental screening=
programs, "Tremors in the Blood" is an original and unreservedly recommend=
ed contribution and acquisition for personal, professional, community, and = academic library Criminology collections and supplemental curriculum studie=
s lists. It should be noted that "Tremors in the Blood" is also available i=
n a digital book format (Kindle, $13.99) and as a complete and unabridged a= udio book (Dreamscape Media, 9781666629101, $22.99, CD)

Editorial Note: Amit Katwala (https://www.amitkatwala.co.uk) is an award-wi= nning journalist and editor. He is a senior writer at WIRED, based in Londo=
n. He writes about the collision between technology and culture, and has co= vered everything from the race for quantum supremacy to the hunt for the my= sterious Planet Nine. He grew up in Bournemouth, and studied experimental p= sychology at Oxford University.

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