CSI: Sin City [Mass Market Paperback]

Max Allan Collins (Author)

Book Description

Series: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Publication Date: October 1, 2002

Meet the little known and even less understood heroes of police work in Las Vegas -- the forensic investigators. Led by veteran Gil Grissom, the remarkable team assigned to the Criminalistics Bureau's graveyard shift -- including Catherine Willows, Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes, and Sara Sidle -- must combine cutting-edge scientiÞc methods and old-fashioned savvy as they work to untangle the evidence behind the yellow police tape.

SIN CITY

"If anything happens to me, get this cassette to the police," Lynn Pierce told her friends the night she disappeared without a trace. Pierce seemed to be a devout Christian, devoted wife and mother -- but she left behind a recording of her husband threatening to cut her into little pieces.

Jenna Patrick was a professional stripper who said she was trying to get out of the sex trade and into junior college. She wound up strangled to death in a locked room in the back of the club where she worked. What could these two women possibly have had in common -- aside from the fact that they are both victims of homicide?

Find out as Grissom, Willows, and the rest of the CSI team track down a sordid trail of secret lives and private dances, from the saintly to the seedier side of Sin City.

Editorial Reviews

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"Is there anyone left in Britain watching this cracking US import? Surely not because you've all gone off to Las Vegas to become crime scene investigators!" Radio Times

About the Author

Max Allan Collins is a NY Times bestselling author of original mysteries, a Shamus award winner and an experienced author of movie adaptions and tie-in novels. His graphic novel ROAD TO PERDITION has been made into a major motion picture forthcoming from Tom Hank's production company, Playtone. This is his second work for CSI.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; 1st edition (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743444051
• ISBN-13: 978-0743444057
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #709,586 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Max Allan Collins is a New York Times bestselling author of original mysteries, a Shamus award winner and an experienced author of movie adaptions and tie-in novels. His graphic novel ROAD TO PERDITION was made into a major motion picture by Tom Hank's production company, Playtone.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite the TV show, August 4, 2003

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Jessica Davis "J.D." (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CSI: Sin City (Mass Market Paperback)

I love the television series of CSI. This book did a great job of capturing the feel of the show, but it is just not the same. It is a great book, I just believe I enjoy the television show in all its drama better than the book.

In this story, there are two murders to be solved. The first is a missing wife. Her husband is suspected for the murder, but seems to have an alibi. The second murder revolves around a stripper who is strangled on the job. Everyone seems to be blaming her ex-boyfriend, but there is too much evidence that points to a female.

No matter how crazy the murders seem, they are never to hard for the CSI's of Las Vegas. Give the book a try. It will have you turning pages faster than you realize.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like the show, you'll like this book, May 5, 2003

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J. Grant "Language Arts Teacher and Gamer on ... (Central KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CSI: Sin City (Mass Market Paperback)

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read For Fans Of CSI, April 20, 2003

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N. Sausser "pucksau" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CSI: Sin City (Mass Market Paperback)

I can't get enough of the TV show CSI, so I was delighted to find this book series. Gil Grissom is investigating the disappearance of a woman. Catherine is looking into the murder of a stripper. Collins has captured the characters as seen in the TV show perfectly and the humorous banter between the characters lightens the mood as it does in the TV series. I was afraid this would be a story I had seen before, but it was all new. A must read for fans of CSI.