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Blood on the Leaves: Real Hunting Accident Investigations-and Lessons in Hunter Safety

C. Hunting and shooting related consultants ll

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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From world renowned experts in hunting accident investigation comes an invaluable collection of...

David McK (3425 KP) rated The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1) in Books

Jan 28, 2019

I remember when I was at university, I had an English tutor who stated that he though crime fiction was the best kind of fiction there is. At the time I didn't agree with him. I still don't.

Indeed, I think that if he had read this book he would have changed his own tune: this is needlessly graphic, uncomfortable and plodding, with crime scene forensics being the main 'draw' (if I can even use such a word about this) to any potential reader.

In short: one to avoid.

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My Three Shrinks

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Three psychiatrists (with private practice, forensic, and consultation-liaison perspectives) from...

The Murder House (DCI Matilda Darke #5)

Michael Wood

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It’s the most disturbing crime scene DCI Matilda Darke has ever seen… The morning after a...

The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated See What I Have Done in Books

Oct 6, 2020

See What I Have Done

Sarah Schmidt | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

6.6

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The infamous Lizzie Borden was the woman the public (but not a jury) believed murdered her father and stepmother with an axe. Since the science of forensics at the time was primitive at best, they found neither proof of Lizzie's guilt or any other suspects. That means we will never know the whole truth. Sarah Schmidt has her own ideas about Lizzie Borden, her family and the murders, all of which she put into her debut novel "See What I Have Done." Read my review of this fascinating book here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2017/06/10/the-clock-on-the-mantle-ticked-ticked/

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Sarah (7798 KP) rated CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in TV

Nov 27, 2018

Hugely entertaining, with a bit of artistic license

I’ve just started watching the original series of CSI again from the start, and like the many times I’ve seen it before, I absolutely love it. From the opening title sequence set to The Who’s ‘Who Are You’ and the numerous sweeping panoramas of the bright lights of Vegas, CSI for me was always one of the better crime shows out there. And instead of focusing on dashing detectives, for a change it instead chooses to look at the science behind the crimes. It has engaging and well developed characters, and even the less prominent lab characters are more than just two dimensional extras, even developing into some of the main stars in later series. The crimes are a little bit bonkers, filled with equal parts of blood and gore and humour, and there are some very thrilling multi-episode serial killers thrown in across the many seasons.

It is a little bit far fetched, but you’d be bored if it actual stuck to reality. The forensics are very advanced and not entirely realistic (I studied forensics at uni, not quite as flashy as it appears on screen), but again, it’s nothing more than a bit of artistic license. My only criticism is that I mich preferred this series with the original cast. It was never quite the same after Grissom left.