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The WOMEN who solve MURDERS

PROFESSOR ANGELA GALLOP is one of the world’s top forensic scientists, responsible for helping to solve a slew of headline-grabbing murders over a four-decade career. Her book, When The Dogs Don’t Bark, reveals her fascinating journey to become one of the UK’s first female forensic scientists. Angela has a son and lives in the UK, where she runs Axiom International, a forensic-services company.

When I first started out in the UK’s Forensic Science Service, aged 24, my boss kept on alluding to me going home and doing the dishes. He didn’t think forensic science was a job women should be doing. He soon

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