Author's Note
Chapter 1: The Hanged Man's Fury
Chapter 2 Resurrection
Chapter 3: How to Turn a Corpse Over
Chapter 4: The Serial Killer
Chapter 5: The White House Hotel
Chapter 6: Don't Do This at Home
Chapter 7: It's All About Timing
Chapter 8: The Young Murderers
Chapter 9 Another New York
Chapter 10: Diverse Lives
Chapter 11: The Murderer and the Victim
Chapter 12: What Happened on My Birthday
Chapter 13 Murder - Death by Others
Chapter 14 Suicide - Death by Oneself
Chapter 15: Simultaneous Terrorist Incidents
Chapter 16 By Any Means Necessary
Chapter 17: That's Politics
Chapter 18: Bottom and Rise
Epilogue
Acknowledgements

The original story for the Netflix documentary Murder Files: New York

Reading the traces of a person's life while facing a corpse
Welcome to the dangerous world of crime scene investigation!
Shocking nonfiction that offers a new perspective on life!

Author Barbara Butcher struggled with alcoholism since her teenage years, but through hard work she overcame it and became a medical examiner at the New York City Medical Examiner's Office.
He spent the next 23 years working in the field of criminal investigation, investigating over 5,000 deaths.
This book is a remarkable true crime story that Barbara Butcher experienced firsthand, encountering dead bodies on the front lines, from the autopsy room and morgue to the vivid crime scenes.
The unexpected truths that emerge surrounding the dead will provide a new perspective on life and death.


A forensic investigator who listens to the dead
Vivid stories from the field!

The author investigates numerous scenes, including serial murders, lonely deaths, suicides, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and candidly reveals the tense world of death.
It presents an interesting process of tracing the truth of an incident told by a dead person, while honestly sharing the author's thoughts on it and reflections on life.
It also movingly depicts the author's lonely struggle to maintain his sanity while exploring the harsh world of death, and his eventual overcoming of himself.
This is a remarkable memoir that provides an unfiltered look into the cold analysis and anguish of a forensic investigator observing the scene of a crime.