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I didn't want to read this book. But I friend of mine said 'I know you like books, I've just got the thing for you!' And I didn't have the heart to tell her I don't even like CSI.



I understand that technology and forensics are a major part of an investigation. But it seems weird to me that these same forensics people should also do interviews with suspects and real investigation rather than analysing what they found on a crime scene. Isn't that what the police is for?

Besides, even though I know that probably there are no cases solved by deduction (evidence and so) it is nice to read about it. I rather see some quick reasoning by Sherlock than a machine pulling out some DNA-samples and thus solving the case. It's just not as much fun if it looks like anyone could do it.



Which brings me to the story. It read almost like an episode of CSI, so I guess that if you like to watch CSI, you'll probably like this book as well. The story isn't really anything special, but entertaining enough to continue reading.

Still, I don't think these books work for me. ( )

Any fan of the forensic show CSI will enjoy this story. It's a decently fast read with a nice twisted serial killer. Grissom and Brass are done very well, but the other characters suffer a bit of neglect. ( )

Another quick, easy read (I read this one in the course of a day), BINDING TIES has a great storyline and better editing and character development than the last CSI story I read.

Reading this book is a lot like watching an episode of my favorite show. I'm anxious to get my hands on more titles based on CSI. ( )

Interesting read to tie in with the popular US TV series ( )

Another fun and pretty mindless CSI novel. It has some interesting dynamics as the team works on tracking down both a decade old serial killer and his recent copy-cat. There's some interesting to-and-fro between the two cases and the groupings working on them. Only minor niggle is that it was rather more of a detective novel than a CSI story, most of the investigation was just plain old detecting rather than science and forensics. Great fun though. ( )