CONTENTS: Preface, PART 1: CASES FROM INDIA: 1. Murders Most Novel, 2. Little Mistakes That Did Them In, 3. Slightest Clues Pursued to Logical Conclusions, 4. When Sheer Luck Came To Rescue, 5. Old-Fashioned Police Legwork, 6. When Forensics Beat the Criminals, PART 2: CASES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES: 7. Deadly Ingenuity Unlimited, 8. Pursued Relentlessly for Decades Altogether, 9. Novel Approaches to Investigation, 10. Psychopath's Desire to Make a World Record, 11. When Psychic Detectives Solved the Cases, PART 3: HOW HALF-BAKED KNOWLEDGE OF FORENSICS CAN MURDER JUSTICE: 12. Forensics Are Techniques, Not Exact Science, 13. Confounding Factors in Hanging, Drowning and Rape, 14. Ballistics is Not an Exact Science, 15. DNA Tests and Fingerprints are Also Not Infallible, PART 4: THE QUEST FOR A 'PERFECT MURDER', 16. Can There Be a Perfect Murder Ever?, Select Bibliography, Index.