Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 614.10248
EAN num: 9780898795240
ISBN number: 0898795249
Label: Writer's Digest Books
Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 240
Printing Date: 1992-09
Publishing house: Writer's Digest Books
Sale Popularity Level: 393931
Studio: Writer's Digest Books
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One of Scarpetta's favorite reporters is dead and she must investigate his death. Why was he in the river at the old Navy yard? Cornwell can give you all the forensics that most people do not have in their background. Here she takes you underwater to remove the body of the reporter. This is one of her better books. Read it, you will like it. By Ruth Thompson author of "The Bluegrass Dream" and "Natchez Above The River"
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Informative on a general level. The problem I've found with these Howdunit series is that they don't go into enough detail for me. For instance with strangulation I want to know how long it takes the victim to die. What exactly happens in a physiologic way? What are the differences between women or children strangling a man or woman? And vice versa. How about repeated throttling as say in SM? How do I write about what the victim is feeling, what the murderer feels. Yes, hand marks on the neck indicate strangulation by a person and a 'Y' shape means hanging. But this is not nearly enough information to put into the death scene. I want my detective to beable to get into the minds of the murderer and the victim.
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This book is an excellent resource for writers who want to imbue their stories with the authentic details of unnatural death but don't really have all the tools and training of a full-time medical examiner. In my case, as a crime author, the text was an invaluable reference, putting some highly technical material into easily digested context. Recommended for writers of all kinds who need a good reference work on the myriad ways to die.
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This is part of the Writer's Digest "Howdunnit" series--aids for the mystery writer when constructing a story. There's a lot of great information here, from the description of how an emergency room is arranged and operated, to the same for an autoposy, to numbers for ways in which people die by suicide, homicide and accidents. Wilson uses some quotes from books--mystery and otherwise--to illustrate his sections. I can't say much for his choice of quotes, especially this one from Robin Cook's Mortal Fear:
"Glancing up at the monitor, which still showed normal ECG activity, Jason touched Cedric's neck. He could feel no pulse.
'Let me have a cardiac needle,' he demanded. 'And someone get a blood pressure.' A large cardiac needle was thrust into his hand as he palpated Cedric's chest to locate the ridge of the sternum."
I imagine that it might be difficult to continue to work after someone thrust a huge needle into your hand, eh? Such wonderful writing to be used as a model for would-be authors. I also noticed that Wilson is in love with the M.D. designation following his name. His name never appears in the book without it. From the use of quotes from his own published novels, and from the fiction that he created from this book, its obvious that the M.D. never helped his fiction writing any, other than provide him the information that makes up this book. Maybe it did help him understand the material presented here; at least enough to present it in a clear and readable manner. I plan to go on and check out the other books in this series, but I hope the other authors are better fiction writers than this guy.
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This is one of the best books in the howdunit series...It is a very good book for people just starting to learn about forensics. It is very detailed in many differnet areas including: medical and leagal procedures, how to deterimin time of death, autopsy, differnt methods of death, capital punishment, and of course, causes of death. I love this book and highly recommend it to anyone interested in crime scene investigation, or forensics, police work, ect. Happy reading!
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