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Grave Matters (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)

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Grave Matters is a great mystery novel, and ties in well with the TV series. As usual, there are two cases. One is when a medical examiners calls the CSIs in because deaths are happening a little too frequently in an assisted care facility. The other is when a court order forces the rest of the team to investige the death of a political big-wig's murder - by the daughter, who names her step-father.

The care facility death shows death by injection of air - murder, which is investigated. But that doesn't compare to what the other CSI team finds in the casket of the deceased woman - somebody else entirely, which means somebody else is a killer who picked the perfect hiding spot for a body...

It's August in Las Vegas and the temperature is sizzling. The murder rate in town has increased along with the temperatures, putting a strain on the CSI team. A body is exhumed to determine cause of death, but it's the wrong body in the right casket. In another case, there has been a rash of deaths in a local nursing home and Catherine and Warrick set out to investigate. As in previous outings, Collins does a wonderful job in his characterizations. He adds depth to the characters we are familiar with from the TV series. The plots in this one keep the reader guessing and the pace never lets up. Another great CSI read.

I bought this novel for my daugher who loves CSI:Las Vegas.
She read the book in one night and continues to read it. She says it's even better than the TV episodes.

This is another interesting, two-fold storyline book in the CSI series.

While Brass, Grissom, Nick, and Sara deal with the body of a murdered woman found in a coffin (which wouldn't be so bad, except that it's not the body that was SUPPOSED to be in there!), Catherine and Warrick are working to uncover whether a death at a nursing home is natural, or had a little help.

This is another quick read, and pretty interesting. The character development was good, and it had a believable and decent mystery.

The mystery is very engaging, and the clues ar worth it. As a CSI fan, I really enjoyed this book, but...

The author's prose is far to heavy at times, particualrly in his descriptive mode. I felt that his "purple prose" interfered in me geting an idea about what he was describing. The plot is very good, but plowing through the excess descriptives made it hard for me.

I have read all of the CSI novels and haven't been disapointed once. I find them all very hard to put down. I can hardly wait for the next book to come out.