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What the dead know : learning about life as a New York City death investigator Cover Image Book

What the dead know : learning about life as a New York City death investigator

Butcher, Barbara (author.).

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." --

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  • ISBN: 9781982179380
  • ISBN: 1982179384
  • Physical Description: print
    xi, 270 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster edition
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.

Content descriptions

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

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Butcher, Barbara
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Genre:
True crime stories.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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  • 39 of 42 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library 614.1 BUT (Text) 36015000563748 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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