12 High Crime Adventures of Dr. Christian Maier. America's First Forensic Detective

During the last decade of the 18th century, Dr. Christian Maier serves as the Medical Examiner for Philadelphia, the capital and largest city in the young United States of America. Relying on the most advanced scientific investigative skills of his era, he assumes the role of America's first forensic detective. Christian and his wife Henrietta become an indispensable team working with Philadelphia's constabulary to help protect and preserve the city. The eight short stories and four novellas mix Christian's scientific methods with derring-do to solve crimes with social, political and international consequences.