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Summary: A Very Fun Read
Review: I'm a huge CSI fan and I found this book to find something good to read. Once I read the first page, I couldn't put it down at all! The author stays true to the characters and the basis of the show that I was very impressed! If you're a true CSI fan like I am, this is great to read to get your CSI fix while it's on break for the summer.
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Summary: The best way to get your CSI fix when it isn't on TV
Review: I'm not too ashamed to admit the fact that I am a closet fan of CSI. I watched one episode of the series and I got hooked on how the underappreciated members of the Las Vegas Police Department's Criminalistics Division(the CSI's more common name) use an unorthodox combination of high-tech wizardry and gadgetry along with old-fashioned guesswork and detecting to solve the crimes most other agencies would balk at. My further interest in the series has even led to me purchasing both of the CSI computer games. But this was the first book in the CSI books that I read and it captures the TV style to a T.The CSI crew find themselves involved in 2 unique cases: the disappearance of a loving wife named Lynn Pierce and the brutal murder of an exotic dancer named Jenna Patrick. The book splits the cases with team leader Gil Grissom taking the case of the missing woman and Catherine Willows (Grissom's unofficial second in command) somewhat reluctantly taking the stripper murder (as CSI fans will know Catherine herself used to be a stripper) Suspicion grows in both cases as the teams find clues that lead them to believe that the people that were closest to the respective victims (The woman's husband in the disappearance case, and Patrick's close friend and co-worker Tera Jameson in the dancer case) are the ones that may be the most responsible for these ghastly crimes. But can they really prove their hunches? Sin City is a great read for those who are CSI fans and fans of mystery alike. It takes the CSI TV experience and gives it an innovative written form. Capturing the style and dry wit that has made the show a bonafide hit (especially the very sly game of name switching in the stripper case) is what makes the book worth every penny.
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Summary: The best way to get your CSI fix when it isn't on TV
Review: I'm not too ashamed to admit the fact that I am a closet fan of CSI. I watched one episode of the series and I got hooked on how the underappreciated members of the Las Vegas Police Department's Criminalistics Division(the CSI's more common name) use an unorthodox combination of high-tech wizardry and gadgetry along with old-fashioned guesswork and detecting to solve the crimes most other agencies would balk at. My further interest in the series has even led to me purchasing both of the CSI computer games. But this was the first book in the CSI books that I read and it captures the TV style to a T. The CSI crew find themselves involved in 2 unique cases: the disappearance of a loving wife named Lynn Pierce and the brutal murder of an exotic dancer named Jenna Patrick. The book splits the cases with team leader Gil Grissom taking the case of the missing woman and Catherine Willows (Grissom's unofficial second in command) somewhat reluctantly taking the stripper murder (as CSI fans will know Catherine herself used to be a stripper) Suspicion grows in both cases as the teams find clues that lead them to believe that the people that were closest to the respective victims (The woman's husband in the disappearance case, and Patrick's close friend and co-worker Tera Jameson in the dancer case) are the ones that may be the most responsible for these ghastly crimes. But can they really prove their hunches? Sin City is a great read for those who are CSI fans and fans of mystery alike. It takes the CSI TV experience and gives it an innovative written form. Capturing the style and dry wit that has made the show a bonafide hit (especially the very sly game of name switching in the stripper case) is what makes the book worth every penny.
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Summary: Really Good
Review: If you love CSI, then you won't be disapointed by this book. I was somewhat off put by a few innacuracies, and the fact that the author seemed at times to try a little TOO hard to make the book like the show, but other than that, it's excellent. A good use of time and money for the CSI fanatic.
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Summary: Still a terrific representation of the show
Review: Max Allan Collins continues his second career (in addition to being an award-winning historical mystery writer and graphic novel scripter) of authoring the best TV/movie tie-ins in the business. Sin City repeats everything that was good about Double Dealer -- solid plotting, familiar characterization, loyalty to the format. It's the rare sophomore effort that improves upon its predecessor. That it is also longer makes this feat even more surprising.
Las Vegas earns its notorious nickname when a man's wife disappears and their neighbors suspect the husband, particularly since the wife gave them a secreted cassette tape with the husband threatening to dismember her recorded on it. Meanwhile, a stripper is murdered in the lapdance room at Dream Dolls (where Catherine used to work) and the surveillance cameras point to her boyfriend, who was not only under a restraining order, but also claims he was home watching the game at the time.
Sin City fulfills on all levels and the reader profits from the experience that author Collins has in writing for already-existing television characters. The voices are perfect and one can go from watching the television series to reading the novels seamlessly, which is likely the best compliment one can give to a genre that gains little respect from the literary community but has been vastly appreciated by TV watchers and readers alike for decades.
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Summary: If you like the show, you'll like this book
Review: The book does a very good job of capturing the feel of the show. Collins does a great job of writing dialogue that sounds as though it was lifted straight from the show and his descriptions of the characters are spot on. The book also does a great job running the dual plotlines that are most always seen on the show where the CSI's are split up into two and sometimes even three groups, each one investigating a different crime. But, most importantly, these books are a little more realistic as far as language and even plots go than the sometimes "cleaned" up stuff that airs on CBS.
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Summary: If you like the show, you'll like this book
Review: The book does a very good job of capturing the feel of the show. Collins does a great job of writing dialogue that sounds as though it was lifted straight from the show and his descriptions of the characters are spot on. The book also does a great job running the dual plotlines that are most always seen on the show where the CSI's are split up into two and sometimes even three groups, each one investigating a different crime. But, most importantly, these books are a little more realistic as far as language and even plots go than the sometimes "cleaned" up stuff that airs on CBS.
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Summary: If You Love CSI, You'll Love This Book
Review: This book was like an extra helping of CSI while waiting for Thursday night. You will not be disappointed if you read this book.
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Summary: Liked it a lot!
Review: Very interesting reading. I think the characters are pretty well portrayed and the cases are good, but I liked "Double Dealer" better, because I always prefer the entire team working in the same investigation.
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Summary: Great CSI Adventure!
Review: When Lynn Pierce didn't show up at her friend's house as promised, Millie Blair knew that something was wrong. And when Millie listened to the tape that Lynn had placed in her safekeeping, she convinced her husband to go with her to report that Lynn was missing. Ordinarily, the police would not investigate a missing persons report when that person had only been missing for 7 hours, but after listening to the tape, where Lynn's husband Owen threatened to murder her and cut her up into little pieces, Grissom took the whole team out to investigate Lynn's house. When that search turned up nothing, the CSI team had no choice but to back off, even though they could all sense that Lynn was dead and not just on vacation as her husband claimed. Later that night, Grissom sent Catherine Willows and Sara Sidle to Dream Dolls, one of the strip clubs where Catherine used to work, to investigate a murder. Catherine did not want to be reminded of that time her life and could do without Sara's fascination with her previous career, but Grissom was right in that Catherine knew the world better than any of the other CSIs. The dead stripper was named Jenna Patrick and she was strangled with some electrical wire. The security videos showed that Jenna took a patron in a Lipton construction jacket, beard and dark glasses into the back room to perform a private lap dance - and then she died. All of the clues pointed to Jenna's sometimes violent boyfriend, Ray Lipton, who wanted Jenna to quit stripping, but Catherine's gut told her that there was more to the murder than was obvious... Meanwhile, Warrick & Nick discovered Lynn Pierce's car at the airport, but it was so clean that it looked like it came off of a dealership floor. However, after careful examination, they discovered some blood and shattered glass that led them to believe Lynn's body was transported in her own car. When a piece of a woman's body was found floating in Lake Mead, Grissom knew that they had found a piece of Lynn Pierce. The husband had something to do with it, but they couldn't find any evidence at the Pierce's to support Grissom's theory. But the more Grissom, Warrick & Nick got to know Owen Pierce, the more determined they were to nail him - and to find the evidence that he was a lot more involved in his wife's disappearance than he claimed... This is the second book in the CSI series written by Max Collins and it was just fabulous! I love that Collins stays so true to the characters' personalities from the TV show so you feel that you are actually watching a CSI episode instead of reading a book written about it. In fact, I feel that I am learning more about the characters because you can be so much more descriptive in a book when you are describing motivations and personality traits. Collins is very detailed in his descriptions and I can visualize exactly how they would shoot the episode for TV. The mysteries were great and dealt with exactly the kind of plots that would happen in the regular series. If you enjoy the TV series, you should love these books!
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