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CSI: Sin City

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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.

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.

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.

Don't skip this one if you don't like TV tie-ins! I rarely read tie-in novels, but I recommend this one! I picked it up as much because I like Max Allan Collins as because of the connection to CSI. I have watched CSI on TV a few times, and enjoyed it, but didn't expect much from a novel based on the show.

"Sin City" delivers an entertainingly complex story with the mix of gritty forensics and Vegas atmosphere that I enjoyed in the TV show. It is a solidly written novel, and you do not have to watched the show to enjoy it. Max Allan Collins is such a good writer that I recommend this to any mystery fan. And I hope that CSI fans who enjoy this will go on to try some of Heller's other novels!

Don't skip this one if you don't like TV tie-ins! I rarely read tie-in novels, but I recommend this one! I picked it up as much because I like Max Allan Collins as because of the connection to CSI. I have watched CSI on TV a few times, and enjoyed it, but didn't expect much from a novel based on the show.

"Sin City" delivers an entertainingly complex story with the mix of gritty forensics and Vegas atmosphere that I enjoyed in the TV show. It is a solidly written novel, and you do not have to watched the show to enjoy it. Max Allan Collins is such a good writer that I recommend this to any mystery fan. And I hope that CSI fans who enjoy this will go on to try some of Heller's other novels!

I hardly ever sit down and read a book. I purchased this one and couldn't put it down, i'm getting ready to purchase more of the C.S.I. books. The book really kept you glued, and the way it describes things to a TEE !!!!

...you'll enjoy the CSI books (including Double Dealer). It's interesting to see the TV characters in print acting as we expect them to. The writing is smooth and the plot is interesting. It's a fast and enjoyable read.

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.

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.

I love the show, loved Max's books. I love it that the nerds get to be the heros. I think that its the humor that gives the very serous subject matter its balance. I love that Max Allen Collins understood the characters enough to use humor in his books.

One that really stands out is the sceen where Gil is in a video store and asks the clerk if he has a copy of the movie "Manhunter". The humor came when I remembered that the same actor who plays Gil in the series, also star'd in "Manhunter", much better version of "Silence of the Lambs". I could almost see the sly smile that comes on Gil's face when he interjects knowing humor into the series. Don't you just love in jokes.

I hope I didn't spoil the books for anyone. If I did, I'm sorry.