Dead Center Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office

For fifteen years, Shiya Ribowsky worked as a medicolegal investigator in New York City's medical examiner's office--the largest, most sophisticated organization of its kind in the world. During that time, he led the investigations of more than eight thousand individual deaths, becoming a key figure in some of New York's most bizarre cases. In "Dead Center," Ribowsky carries readers through the vermin-infested Bowery flophouses and posh Upper East Side apartments of the city's deceased, exploring the skeletons that hang in the Big Apple's closets. Opening the doors to the autopsy room, he exposes the grim secrets that only a scalpel and a corpse can reveal, and proves how forensic investigation not only solves crimes but also saves lives. Here Ribowsky chronicles how, in the aftermath of September 11, he took charge of the largest forensic investigation ever attempted as he and his team worked to identify the dead amid the ashes of tragedy. An enthralling, close-up glimpse into death and the city, "Dead Center" offers a remarkable inside view of New York that few living people ever see.Ribowsky, Shiya is the author of 'Dead Center Behind the Scenes at the World's Largest Medical Examiner's Office', published 2007 under ISBN 9780061189401 and ISBN 0061189405.