Do you need a character’s paternity to come into question to thicken the plot for your crime fiction book? This post tells you about the different types of paternity testing, how...

Are you thinking about using touch DNA as forensic DNA evidence in your crime fiction novel? This post gives you 11 helpful tips for making the touch DNA in your book more believable.

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You've done some research and you're not quite sure what to call crime lab employees in your book. This is no surprise, as there are many different job titles for people who work in a crime lab....

Do you want to use hairs as forensic DNA evidence in your crime fiction book? This post provides six helpful tips to make sure the hair evidence in your book is accurate and believable.

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Do you need to create some internal conflict or a backstory for the forensic scientist character in your crime fiction book? This post describes the many ways that working in a crime lab changed me...

Do you want to use luminol at the crime scene in your fiction book? This post tells you how luminol works, how the luminol test is performed, what types of crime scenes and evidence are ideal for...

Do you have a forensic scientist character in your crime fiction book? They do more than just examine forensic evidence from crime scenes. Read this post to find out all the job...

Have you ever thought of using identical twins in your next crime fiction novel as a plot twist? Is it possible for forensic DNA to tell identical twins apart? Read this post to learn...

You're writing the crime scene in your crime fiction book. Your character accidentally gets blood on themselves. They go to wipe it off of their... what? Pants? Uniform? Who knows?! This post...

Are you using forensic DNA in your crime fiction book, but aren't sure how long forensic DNA results take?This post tells you all the factors that affect the forensic DNA turnaround time and best...