2009 Dewey Decimal Project: 363.25 H
It's May 11, and I just finished reading my Dewey Decimal book for April. I only read one and a half other books in April, so it wasn't just this book.
The book was Bodies We've Buried by Jarrett Hallcox and Amy Welch. Jarrett and Amy run the National Forensic Academy, "the world's top CSI training school." The book takes you through all of the things they cover in the Academy's ten-week course. I read it on the suggestion of someone from my writing group, and it's definitely a worthwhile read if you're writing a murder mystery. It's also worth noting that they talk a lot about how no one who comes through the Academy knows anything about half the stuff they cover before they get there - so a small-town PD without a trained CSI might miss things in your book.
The book is also surprisingly funny, which might make it more palatable to any squeamish types. (I'm not, so descriptions of dead bodies and blood and maggots didn't bother me.)
The book was Bodies We've Buried by Jarrett Hallcox and Amy Welch. Jarrett and Amy run the National Forensic Academy, "the world's top CSI training school." The book takes you through all of the things they cover in the Academy's ten-week course. I read it on the suggestion of someone from my writing group, and it's definitely a worthwhile read if you're writing a murder mystery. It's also worth noting that they talk a lot about how no one who comes through the Academy knows anything about half the stuff they cover before they get there - so a small-town PD without a trained CSI might miss things in your book.
The book is also surprisingly funny, which might make it more palatable to any squeamish types. (I'm not, so descriptions of dead bodies and blood and maggots didn't bother me.)