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 scientific methods and old-fashioned savvy as they work to untangle the evidence behind the yellow police tape. While Nick and Catherine investigate a newly discovered fifteen-year-old murder, Grissom and the rest of the team must uncover the indentity of a cold-blooded killer -- one whose execution-style, "double-tap" signature has provoked the interest of FBI agent Rick Culpepper.
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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
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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 adaptations and tie-in novels. His graphic novel ROAD TO PERDITION has been made into a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks and directed by Sam Mendes.
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By Isadore Ann
Format:Mass Market Paperback
For the fans of CSI this book will not disappoint. It reads like a great episode, made all the more enjoyable with some character insights not often explored on the show. The ending is well done and satisfying.
From the author of The Difference Now.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I got this book free with the purchase of the CSI Computer Game (to be reviewed at a later time) and expected it to be a cheap knock-off of the popular television show. Boy was I wrong on that assumption. Instead, this book is a crafty, intriguing and, for the most part, a well thought-out mystery.
I am a fan of the television show and the author does an excellent job tranforming the personalities the show has been so careful to develop into his characters in the book. Other fans of the television show can clearly visualize each of the characters saying and doing the things written about. And, the author even was able to further develop the characters' personalities through thoughts and motivations that just are not as easily protrayed on televsion. You come out feeling you "know" the characters even a little better than from just watching the TV show.
Moreover, I believe that the characterization in this book is strong enough that someone who has never even seen the show (given its popularity, is there any such person? :-) ), will still enjoy the book and understand the different quirks and traits that have gotten fans of the show to love the characters.
As with the show, the book centers around two different mysteries that the Las Vegas Crime Lab investigators are trying to solve -- a fifteen year old murder and a recent murder. The CSI are amazed when the two cases have striking similarities.
I won't give away the ending, but will say it is a little contrived. Fortunately, not so much so that it took away from an otherwise enjoyable book.
Whether or not you enjoy the television show, I recommend this book.
By A Customer
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is an excellent book! I love the way Max Allan Collins portrays the characters. It is an episode in writing, and a very good one to boot! I could not put this book down, and I know for sure that I will pick up this book again :)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Disappointment
Led by veteran Gil Grissom, the remarkable team assigned to the Bureau's graveyard shift - including Catherine Willows, Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes, and Sara Sidle - must combine... Read more
Published on Jan 29 2004 by A. Vegan
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book for CSI Fans!
When a vacationing 'John Smith' is shot twice in the head in a hotel off the strip, the politicians are all over Grissom to get this case solved and to get it solved fast. Read more
Published on Dec 26 2003 by Silmarwen
4.0 out of 5 stars
A well-told story that peters out near the end
The tale of the CSI's hunt for the Deuce is rather gripping. There were several times when I wished that this was an actual TV episode because without all the exposition necessary... Read more
Published on Nov 21 2003 by J. Roberts
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fair but nothing special
I got this at the library book sale, so I don't feel as bad as if I had paid full price. It's not a bad effort to capture the essence of the TV show -- Max Collins is a real author... Read more
Published on Sep 14 2003 by Charismatic Creature
4.0 out of 5 stars
one of my favorite CSI stories . . .
I just finished reading "Double Dealer" last night, and I really enjoyed it. It's one of my favorite stories to come out of the world of C.S.I. Read more
Published on Sep 9 2003 by Michael24
4.0 out of 5 stars
CSI Goes After The Deuce
This is the first in the series of three CSI stories written by Max Collins. I read Sin City (the second in the series) first and wanted to wait for summer reruns to read the... Read more
Published on April 24 2003 by N. Sausser
5.0 out of 5 stars
Intriguing murder cases -- not only for "C.S.I." fans
Gil Grissom, the nightshift supervisor of the Las Vegas Criminalistics Bureau, and two of his Crime Scene Investigation team members, Warrick Brown and Sara Sidle, are called to a... Read more
Published on Mar 8 2003 by MissGoWest
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow
Honestly, all I can say is: wow. This book is extremely well written, and is definitely something you'd want to pick up if you like CSI. I really recommend it.
Published on Nov 27 2002 by M. Hamilton
5.0 out of 5 stars
THIS BOOK IS THE BOMB!!
I thought this book was the best one ever!! Although I have not yet read Sin City I think they all deserve an award for their best describtive words and putting pictures in your... Read more
Published on Oct 19 2002 by "volleychica_2005"
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's a crime not to read it!
I like the TV show CSI a lot. I like Max Collins a lot. Between the two, this book came out pretty damn good. Read more
Published on Sep 10 2002
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