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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Crime Scene : True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator
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Forensic Investigator Geoff Bernasconi had always been passionate about his job as a policeman in rural New South Wales and, from the earliest days of his career, went the extra mile, both for victims of crime and for their families. But one night in 1984, he was called to investigate the scene of an horrific car accident in which an entire family had been wiped out - and which it was impossible for him to forget. Geoff's day-to-day working life became a catalogue of tragedies, some of which involved people close to him, and he found himself spiralling downwards in the grip of post-traumatic stress disorder.

'When Esther Mckay, fellow forensic investigator and author of the best-selling Crime Scene, heard that Geoff has been awarded maximum compensation for his suffering, she knew immediately this was a story that needed to be told.

'This is a harrowing account of what it is like to work on the front-line of crime and tragedy as a forensic investigator. But it is also the inspiring story of someone who has been exposed to sights and experiences many of us can hardly even imagine, yet has emerged from the darkness to begin his journey to recovery.' (Publisher's note, 2010 publication.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2005 .
      ISBN: 0670028649
    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2010 .
      image of person or book cover 5150175121080465507.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Alternative title: Forensic Investigator : True Stories from the Life of a Country Crime Scene Cop
      Extent: 276p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 2 August 2010.
      ISBN: 9780143203322 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Policewoman's Lot Not a Happy One Martin Leonard , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 July 2005; (p. 16)

— Review of Crime Scene : True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator Esther McKay , 2005 single work biography
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 July 2005; (p. 25)

— Review of The Country Undertaker Jim Eames , 2005 single work biography ; The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel ; Shimmer : The Beginning of a Troll's Tale Kathryn Deans , 2005 single work children's fiction ; Crime Scene : True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator Esther McKay , 2005 single work biography
Police Memoir Rod Moran , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 June 2005; (p. 6)

— Review of Crime Scene : True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator Esther McKay , 2005 single work biography
Police Memoir Rod Moran , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 June 2005; (p. 6)

— Review of Crime Scene : True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator Esther McKay , 2005 single work biography
Cover Notes Lucy Sussex , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 10 July 2005; (p. 25)

— Review of The Country Undertaker Jim Eames , 2005 single work biography ; The Stone Ship Peter Raftos , 2005 single work novel ; Shimmer : The Beginning of a Troll's Tale Kathryn Deans , 2005 single work children's fiction ; Crime Scene : True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator Esther McKay , 2005 single work biography
Policewoman's Lot Not a Happy One Martin Leonard , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 9 July 2005; (p. 16)

— Review of Crime Scene : True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator Esther McKay , 2005 single work biography
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