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Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector

English

By (author): Amit Katwala

Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023

A wonderful book - Guardian

Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector

Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wifes blood. But was he a grieving husband, or a ruthless killer whod conspired with bandits to have her murdered?

To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology, and a new machine that had just been invented in Berkeley by a rookie detective, a visionary police chief, and a teenage magician with a showmans touch.

John Larson, Gus Vollmer and Leonarde Keeler hoped the lie detector would make the justice system fairer but the flawed device soon grew too powerful 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, Tremors in the Blood reveals the incredible truth behind the creation of the polygraph, through gripping true crime cases featuring explosive gunfights, shocking twists and high-stakes courtroom drama.

Touching on psychology, technology and the science of the truth, Tremors in the Blood is a vibrant, atmospheric thriller, and a warning from history: be careful what you believe.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 620g
  • Dimensions: 159 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 14 Apr 2022
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780008434076

About Amit Katwala

Amit Katwala is a Senior Editor at WIRED based in London. He writes about the collision between technology and culture and has covered everything from the race for quantum supremacy to the hunt for the mysterious Planet Nine. He has been shortlisted for multiple awards by the Sports Journalists Association and the Association of British Science Writers. He grew up in Bournemouth and studied Experimental Psychology at St Hughs College Oxford. His first book The Athletic Brain was published in 2016.

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