List Books » Investigating CSI: An Unauthorized Look Inside the Crime Labs of Las Vegas, Miami and New York
Authors: Donn Cortez, Leah Wilson
ISBN-13: 9781932100938, ISBN-10: 1932100938
Format: Paperback
Publisher: BenBella Books, Inc.
Date Published: October 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Donn Cortez is an author in the CSI: Miami tie-in book series as well as author of The Closer and The Man Burns Tonight. As Don DeBrandt, he is also the author of Angel: Shakedown, Steeldriver, and VI as well as a number of essays in the Smart Pop series. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED ** This selection of smart, accessible essays covers CSI's cutting-edge science, intriguing mysteries, and engaging personal dynamics. Essays from experts in the field illuminate such processes as DNA testing, ballistics, crime-scene photography, and autopsy procedure. With pieces that focus on the leads' varying appeals, the history of forensics on television, the show's treatment of alternate sexualities, and whether the incredible attention to detail actually gives criminals an advantage, this anthology provides an in-depth investigation that enriches the viewing experience.