Crime Scene

• Cover Type: Mass Market Paperback with 432 pages
• Published by: Avon October 1, 1995
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0380773791
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0380773794
• Book Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 4.8 ounces

One of the nation's top forensic scientists, Larry Ragle has investigated countless brutal and baffling crimes during his forty-year career. Now he takes us behind the yellow police tape and into the medical examiner's laboratory for a fascinating look at his most sensational cases, revealing how cutting-edge science and medical technology were used to shed brilliant light on the criminals and their transgressions. Here is the real world of C.S.I. -- where astonishingly detailed portraits of malefactors are painted with a single drop of blood, and a microscopic fiber can direct the police to even the most careful and elusive of murderers.

Reader Reviews
Like a reviewer mentioned, this book did need a glossary. It would have been very helpful to look up words and phrases that he used so naturally. However, I found this book to be informative and very well written. Ragle talks to his readers and explains as he goes along. I like that. I also like the crime scene scenarios where he talks about a case and how he investigated it, how the evidence was found, how the suspect was captured and his prison sentence. I think this book is helpful for writers because he talks about real investigators and real crime scenes. You can get an idea of what they do, when and how for a more realistic portrayal of your character. There is also inside stuff that happens at a crime scene and during an investigation that you wouldn't get unless someone on the inside, like Ragle, told you. However, I do reccomend you find this in your bookstore, flip through it and see if it answers any questions you may have. It's fairly cheap if it were to be used for a reference book, which is why I bought it. For casual reading I wouldn't recommend it.