The Blood Says Otherwise : Murder, Forensics and Hidden TruthsThe Blood Says Otherwise : Murder, Forensics and Hidden Truths

A man lies dead on his bed. Blood trails from the living room and up the stairs, spattered on walls and carpet along the way. Is it a brutal murder? Or something else entirely? For more than two decades Ruben Miller walked into rooms like this, at the front line of crime-scene reconstruction across New Zealand. From cold-blooded killings and gang wars to cold cases revived by a single clue, he has seen what happens when human lives collide with violence and lies. With unflinching honesty and flashes of dark humour, Ruben takes readers beyond the police tape to the questions that hang in the air and the small details that change everything. Part true-crime and part memoir, this book shows what it really takes to face the darkest scenes and still walk away.