Start with high-confidence forensics books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Fire Lover
Joseph Wambaugh
Silent Witness
Mark Fuhrman
Identity Crisis
Jefferson Bass
When the Night Comes Falling
Howard Blum
The Poisoner's Handbook
Deborah Blum
Conan Doyle for the Defense
Margalit Fox
Still Life With Bones
Alexa Hagerty
The Infernal Machine
Steven Johnson
Down to the Bone
Caitlin Rother, Christina Delaine
The Bone Woman
Clea Koff
Bone Voyage
Stanley Rhine
Death Scenes
Sean Tejaratchi, Katherine Dunn
Working Stiff
Judy Melinek MD, T.J. Mitchell
The Education of a Coroner
John Bateson
True Crime
Patricia Cornwell
The Feather Detective
Chris Sweeney
The Pembrokeshire Murders
Steve Wilkins, Jonathan Hill
