Pointing From The Grave, Samantha Weinberg
Pointing From The Grave, Samantha Weinberg
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Pointing From The Grave
A True Story Of Murder And DNA

Author: Samantha Weinberg

Narrator: Nadia May

Unabridged: 12 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/25/2005


Synopsis

This is the true story of Helena Greenwood, a doctor of chemical pathology, who was brutally murdered at her home. The killer is unknown, until ten years later when a district attorney uses the victims own work in DNA research to finally bring her killer to justice.

About Samantha Weinberg

Samantha Weinberg is a British writer and journalist who followed the Greenwood case after reading about it in the Los Angeles Times. She lives in London.


Reviews

Overly dry in detail & failed to engage me in the characterizations. The most interesting part was the recap of the O.J. Simpson trial.......more

Goodreads review by Jlsimon

This story is both deeply sad and completely fascinating. Helena Greenwood is a woman I wish I had had the opportunity to meet. Paul Frediani is the most frightening kind of monster to be found. He could have had plenty of willing women, but he preferred power and control. Weinberg did an extensive a......more

Goodreads review by Graham

This book is an extremely well written thought provoking book that shows how DNA was used to catch a killer. It is a fascinating but tragic case of how a technique developed here in the UK was used in the US and a real human story.......more

Goodreads review by Alyssa

Great book! I thought it was fascinating and intriguing! It was the first true crime novel I read, and what a doozy! I loved the background of everyone's lives and what was going on between incidents. It filled in the blanks of what really happened. The DNA science took me back to my genetics class......more