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 scienti?c 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.
Christina D. (cdpengins) from SPRING LAKE, NC wrote on 5/29/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I didn't think the TV series could be improved on. I was wrong! This has all the twists and turns I've come to expect from C.S.I. while staying true to the characters we know and love. I look forward to reading more books in this series.
Karen F. (cosmichomicide) from CONCORD, NC wrote on 9/24/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I'm a huge CSI fan and a bit Max Allan Collins fan and I think this book is as close as you can come to the "look and feel" of the series off film. That said, it took me far too long to read it and I just didn't feel captivated by it or interested in the cases. The plot was solid and the "CSI side" was well done, but I found it easy to put down which was a bit disappointing.
Helen T. (siamesekitty) from UPPR BLCK EDY, PA wrote on 6/30/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I enjoyed reading this book as much as watching the show.
Susan P. from LITTLE ROCK, AR wrote on 6/23/2006...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
The story alternates between two cases. First, there's the disappearance of Lynn Pierce, seemingly a devout Christian and devoted wife and mother, but who has left behind a recording of her husband threatening to kill her. Then, there's the case of a stripper strangled to death in a back room of the club where she worked - where, coincidentally, Catherine Willows used to dance. Both stories are fascinating and twisty - and the culprits aren't that easy to guess. Collins also uses all the CSI characters well, and believably.
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Jennifer W. (GeniusJen) from BLOOMINGTON, IL wrote on 11/27/2007...
SIN CITY is another pretty good CSI read, with dual plot lines. A religious housewife is missing, and Grissom and Brass are pretty sure her husband is behind her mysterious disappearance. At the same time, Catherine and Sara are working on the strangulation murder of an exotic dancer in the stripclub where she worked.
An overall decent and quick read.
Karen S. (BoysMom) from IRVING, TX wrote on 11/14/2006...
Good continuation of this marvelous show. A little more indepth with each character. Good story with the requisite twists and turns!
Jennifer W. (crzytxredneck) from LARUE, TX wrote on 7/6/2006...
Love the show, but loved the books even more since they are able to go into way more detail than the show could ever try to do in a one hour time slot!!!!
Amee B. (amee) from MORGANTOWN, WV wrote on 6/9/2006...
Excellent! I liked this book as much as the show itself. I especially liked the way the book was a lot more in-depth when it came to the character development of the CSIs in a way that the show can't be.
Jan W. from BAILEY, NC wrote on 5/15/2006...
As good as the show!
Joanne K. (Jerseygirl-exit30) from SOMERS POINT, NJ wrote on 3/17/2006...
Excellent C.S.I. mystery
Charis G. (Charis) from SANTA BARBARA, CA wrote on 2/7/2006...
One of the better CSI novel tie-ins, this one really captures the essence of the show, most of all with its portrayal of Catherine Willows.
LAURA C. (Laura9691) from WINTER PARK, FL wrote on 1/23/2006...
I love these CSI books. This one involves a missing woman whose husband threatened to cut her into little pieces and a stripper murdered in the club where she works.
Karen U. (editorgrrl) from NEW HAVEN, CT wrote on 12/12/2005...
A fun read -- I'd never noticed that Gil Grissom always wears black and gray, and for some reason I never knew the coroner's name (Dr. Albert Robbins). Read more at maxallancollins.com.
Lauren L. from REISTERSTOWN, MD wrote on 9/29/2005...
This book feels just like the TV show, you feel as if you are right there with the characters, on the scene trying to prove your case. Excellent reading!