This book by Sheila Queralt is not a literary creation, but the true story of the experiences of a detective of language and of the most important cases of her professional career. The cases whose secrecy order has been lifted or those that are not confidential, of course.
As an expert in forensic linguistics, the author has selected 50 cases where the contribution of the language analysis has been crucial to determine the degree of participation in the crime of the suspected offenders. Why forensics and why linguistics? Because in the same way we leave our fingerprints on the door or our footprints in the mud, our way of communicating proves many facts about us and language experts who are
specifically trained can unravel them. From very famous cases such as the Unabomber, Flight MH17 of Malaysia Airlines and the Zodiac Killer, to the forensic linguist who studies blackmail or cases of identity theft. Through these pages you will accompany Sheila Queralt through the human mind twists and turns thanks to her expert look to analyse our vocabulary, the tone of our voice or our most usual syntactic structures when we talk and write.
Welcome to the dark side of language!