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Title: How to Solve a Murder: The Forensic Handbook by Michael Kurland ISBN: 0-02-860410-5 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company. Pub. Date: 22 June, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: O.K.
Comment: I liked the title, and the cute cover, and the idea behind the book (to walk you through an imaginary murder, from beginning to end). The concept was good, but the actual delivery was not. The text is written in what I thought was a very fragmented type thinking process. The train of thought seemed "zig-zag", for lack of a better phrase. It skipped around from one thought or point to another, then would flash sideways, then try to return to what the original story was. The writer probably needed help putting his ideas down on paper in a more interesting way, and in a format that was easier to follow and that held the readers attention. It was hardly intriguing enough to finish, though I did use sheer will power to get to the end.
Rating: 4
Summary: Accessible and well-researched
Comment: I'd sum up this book as accessible, well-researched, nicely illustrated, and altogether pleasant to read. I bought this book to help research a mystery novel I'm writing myself, and I found it quite adequate for that purpose. The author uses the device of describing a crime and then solving it to help things move along; it's a nice idea, but his crime scenario is really quite pedestrian and the solution quite mundane. Especially compared to some of the more intriguing cases that he describes in the sidebars. These true-life cases are some of the best content in this book, as he shows how forensic evidence was used to clear or convict various suspects. The history of police investigation methods is sketched in nicely, and there is a great deal of information about fingerprints and guns, if you're looking for that in particular. All-around, it's a nice job, well worth the reasonable cost. I was considering spending $75 for a textbook on forensics, and I think this book served me better.
Rating: 2
Summary: Best sleeping pill I ever had!
Comment: Very elementry and boring. The book spends much of the time jumping from a crime set up in story form to the history of the techniques used to solve this fake crime. About the time you get into a chapter it jumps back to some early crime solving story. In the words of Joe Friday "Just the facts mam". Stick to why people bought the book....MODERN crime solving. As you may guess by the price, this is basicly a pamplete not a book...very short!
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Title: How to Try a Murder: The Handbook for Armchair Lawyer's by Michael Kurland ISBN: 0028612914 Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company. Pub. Date: 15 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Crime Scene by Larry Ragle ISBN: 0380773791 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 02 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation by Ngaire Genge, Ngaire E. Genge, N. E. Genge ISBN: 0345452038 Publisher: Ballantine Publishing Group Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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