Crime writers commit murder in print. This book shows writers how they can do it, explaining what the victim and the murder scene will look like afterwards, and what clues will give the game away. Chapters on police procedures in the UK, what happens in the courtroom and post mortems will help lend a convincing authority to every writer's work.
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"Looking for a new method for murder (literary of course)? Then this may be the book for you. Wynn has arranged it in encyclopedic fashion, beginning with Accidents (contrived) and working through various types of poisons, blunt instruments, and stabbing until ending up with Throat - cutting. Each of the sections is carefully subdivided for ease of use. . . . Wynn next supplies a second alphabetical list (Adipocere to Voice prints); this time about methods of detection. This amounts to a mini course in crime scene investigation and evidence processing. Finally there is a section on "other aspects of crime" including bits on police procedure and certain peculiarities of the UK legal system. Again, real life examples are offered. There is a bibliography of non-fiction works and an index. An interesting and useful addition to the reference shelf." -- Reviewingtheevidence.com
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Douglas Wynn took early retirement in 1984 after a career in research analysis to concentrate on writing and to pursue his interest in true-life crime and forensic science. He is the author of numerous crime reviews, articles and four books.
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Must have book for any writer of fictional crime. I bought this to help me understand the five deaths of my True Crime book victims--amazing! Great resource, easy to read and makes perfect sense.This book not only explains the methods and the effects, but attempts to give every way of death a real life example. If you are interested, this book also delves into forensic science information and other methods of detection. I reccommend this book also to detectives in training.
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The other day I was talking to a serving policeman, who is also a devotee of crime fiction, and he said that he was astonished at the lack of elementary knowledge of police procedure in a book he had been reading by an established novelist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Agatha Christie, Los Angeles, United States, Home Office, North America, Metropolitan Police, Yorkshire Ripper, New Zealand, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, Graham Young, John Duffy, Michael Sams, South Africa, South America, Steven Truscott New!
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The other day I was talking to a serving policeman, who is also a devotee of crime fiction, and he said that he was astonished at the lack of elementary knowledge of police procedure in a book he had been reading by an established novelist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Agatha Christie, Los Angeles, United States, Home Office, North America, Metropolitan Police, Yorkshire Ripper, New Zealand, Sir Bernard Spilsbury, Graham Young, John Duffy, Michael Sams, South Africa, South America, Steven Truscott New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Forty Years of Murder by Keith Simpson on page 85, and page 105
- How to Write Crime Novels Pb by Isobel Lambot in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Who Saw Him Die? by Sheila Radley on page 4, and page 29
- Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers on page 46
- How to Write Advertising Features Pb (Writers' Guides) by J P Sheriff in Front Matter
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- How to Plot Your Novel (Allison & Busby Writers' Guides) (Allison & Busby Writers' Guides) by Jean Saunders in Front Matter
- A Writers Guide to the Internet (Writers' Guides) by Trevor Lockwood in Front Matter
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