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We then turn to another chapter in history this afternoon, this time within France's belle époque, as journalist and professor Douglas Starr talks about infamous French serial killer Joseph Vacher, and his nemeses, criminologist Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne and magistrate Émile Fourquet, all the subjects of The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science (Knopf). "Crime scene analysis, body decomposition studies and profile were all new approaches at this time and many of the issues, including the insanity defense, remain the same. Starr, co-director of Boston University's Center for Science and Medical Journalism, creates tension worthy of a thriller; in Lacassgne, he portrays a man determined to understand the 'how' behind some of humanity's most depraved acts, and perhaps takes us one step closer to the 'why.'" - Publishers Weekly. Douglas Starr's previous book, Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce, won a Los Angeles Times Book Award, and received several "Best Books of the Year" citations.
