True Crime Books

I got interested in this book knowing that I was soon going to see the JtR exhibit in London, so I started reading it before I left on my trip. Unfortunately, when I got to the actual exhibit in July of `08, there was little there that the book hadn't covered--although I got to see some of the original police reports, the Ripper letters, and an interesting timeline display of suspects (most recently added to in 2007). This book is organized in such a way that it gives an intimate profile of both the victims and the suspects and the crimes themselves--which were truly horrific. The author relies mainly on contemporary sources, yet certain references make you aware that he has pawed over other accounts proclaiming "evidence" in order to separate the wheat from the chaff. So what you get is real scholarship, of a sort, and the author's best guess at the end as to Jack's identity. The many photos in this book also help to tell this unhappy story. Will this mystery ever be solved? I doubt it, having read how many missing pieces there are . . .

I found this book to be a bit boring and quite wordy for my personal taste. There were alot of facts that seemed to lead nowhere. I wasn't impressed!

First let me state the categories of people who should (please note the emphasis) study (not 'read') this book: -
1. Anybody who is interested in the any or all of the following: the Whitechappel killings, the subsequent frenzy, investigation into the murders, armchair investigations by "Mycroft" wannabes, and the literally literary withchhunt being carried out over the past century & more to "unmask" the killer;
2. Anybody who is interested in understanding the socio-economic dynamics of the world's largest, richest, proudest and yet ruthlessly exploitative (of its own citizens, esp. the young and the women) city at that point of time when the nails were finally being hammered into the coffin of the 19th Century that had experienced the pinnacle of British glory;
3. Anybody who, after being overfed on the serial killers (Hannibal et.al) produced by the "hot" American novelists, actually wishes to know how it is like to be chasing a black cat in an enormous dark cavern while blindfolded;
4. Anybody who actually thinks that "the truth" might have been out there at some stage, but even with a centuries old "cold" case something can be done (unlike some trashy attempt sub-titled: "CASE CLOSED").

This book is not only accurate and free from all the popular & obscure misconceptions, it is also a living proof that history can be made more attactive than fiction while staying rigorously free from falsehoods. Recommended to everybody belonging to the afore-mentioned 4 categories as well as to all who, after reading some new adventure pitting Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper, start pondering over "what if.."-s.

Like many others, I have been interested in the story of Jack the Ripper. When I finally decided to read about the crimes, I wanted to read only the best, most definitive account. I believe that Sugden's book fits the bill. He sticks only to the facts; when he theorizes, he presents an opposing view as well. He does not claim to know who Jack the Ripper was, but he does put forth a theory. After having finished this book, I cannot imagine that there is much of anything else to know about the case. I would highly, highly recommend this book to anyone interested in reading an emotionless, fact-filled book about Jack the Ripper to pick this one up.

Unlike most "Ripperologists," Philip Sugden does not have any pet theories to prove. Therefore, like a good historian, Sugden concentrates only on all the facts of the case as they can be cooberated by the primary sources. Very well written and thoroughly researched, The Complete History of Jack the Ripper not only covers each of the known murders in detail, the book also looks at several other unsolved murders that may have been part of the series of "Jack's" crimes. Furthermore, Sugden follows the police investigation and examines the suspects developed by the police at the time. While Sugden does evaluate the likelihood of these suspects' guilt, he makes no attempt to positively identify the killer. If you read only one book on the 1888 murders in Whitechaple, read this one.

Informative for everyone. Will help everyone as it helps get into the minds of predators.

I received this item in a timely manner and it's in great condition.

I've read several other John Douglas books, including Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, and my favorite,The Anatomy of Motive. Obsession just seems weak in telling the stories in a compelling fashion. I'd recommend one of his other books, particularly for first time readers.

Third in a series of criminal profiling by the best in the world. This edition is more how to survive and tips for defending against sexual assault, kidnapping and other violent offenses. Douglas takes one chapter to explain how the Hannibal character from Silence of the Lambs was created. Cases are introduced to illustrate point of safety. Well written and easily to understand, but much different from the previous two Douglas has written. If you are looking for case after case of gruesome crimes, this is not the book for you.

I've been a fan of several of Douglas's books, finding them facinating. But I never thought I would relate to one of the stories directly....until i got to "Katie's Story". Destiny Souza was a classmate of mine, and a neighbor. It was emotional to read what happened to her, and the reactions of members of our community I looked up to as a child, because they were involved in my life also. When it happened, being a child, details were given to me pretty vaguely, but reading the story as an adult was a really good expirience for me. As with all his books, i've learned a great deal about how to observe and interact with people and keep myself safe in the process.

Received in good condition but wasn't impressed with the story itself. No problems with seller.

This is a solid entry into the True Crime genre paperback division. The story of Jeff Zack and Cindy George is a true crime writers dream, full of cheating wives, amateur hitman, hard-drinking-hard-living-halter-wearing police informants, a restaurant that sounds too tacky to believe and police department infighting. This could pretty much tell itself and Keith Greenberg wisely doesn't get in the way. He tells the story from the vantage point of the police who are investigating the murder, not my favorite device, in fact it verges on my least favorite but Greenberg usually avoids overdoing it. (I could have done without the details of the department in fighting but if Greenberg's co-author wants to settle a few scores I guess there's a price to pay for inside info.)

As a guilty pleasure companion on your daily commute you could do much, much worse. For true crime fans and perhaps Akron locals.

This will not win any literary prizes. Mostly enjoyable because of it's local connection.

Perfect Beauty is a book that's only interesting to people who live in the Akron, Ohio area, and even then it leaves you wanting more. There are to many unanswered questions, that can only be answered by the George family, and they are not talking.

Although one of the lead detectives co-wrote this book, it's still very heavy on police details and short on story. I saw the case on TV many times and read about it; the photos in this book are clearly lacking. If you like your crime books to be more about the 'inside' of the case, this is for you. There is a lot of detail on the animosity of the the key players at the police station and I sometimes felt this was the main objective of the book. As someone that reads a lot of True Crime, I didn't find this a very compelling read.

THIS BOOK KEPT ME GLUED TO THE PAGES. ALL I CAN SAY IS I WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE A GUARD IN A FEDERAL PRISON!!

I remember reading this back in 1996. I still remember some of the stories I read from here. An involving read into the life of the prison system in the 90s.

When I finally decided to read "The Hot House," I didn't expect to get halfway through it. I'd attempted to read "Confessions of a Spy," about Aldrich Ames, and it was more boring than water soup without salt! When I got close to half of the book, I could've cared about Ames about as much as I cared about Russian vodka. So needless to say, I wasn't looking to actually finish this. Pete Earley surprised me this time with a highly interesting and even more informative read about Leavenworth.

If you plan on reading this, then get visions of movies like, "Shawshank Redemption" and "Green Mile" out of your head. Movies provide great entertainment, and you sit and eat hot and buttered popcorn with an ice-cold soda the whole way through them. So the only message you get while watching a prison movie might be, "Prison is no fairy tale world." Well, DUH!! Please tell me something not so palpable. Pete Earley does just that. He takes the wardens, the guards, as well as the inmates, and he gets his story. I could tell from the beginning that it wasn't just about stating the obvious.

Earley wanted to paint a picture, no matter how warped or confusing it got. He goes beyond the rapes, beyond the killers. He carves into some serious meat, and discovers some serious cuts when he does so. He specifically takes the lives of 5 or 6 inmates, and there are chapters on them, interviews and all. Thomas Silverstein, an inmate who has been locked away with no human contact, is one of them. It is also very into the job of Head Warden, Robert Matthews, the first black warden at Leavenworth. He also notes that there are guards out there who really do want to make a difference, and will actually go to certain lenghths to do so.

Any prisoner would probably tell you, "The system is a joke!" And to them it is. People on the outside are the bad guys because they might not want to live by our rules, the rules of society. Pete Earley tells both sides of the story. This time he does it very well. I'm glad that this one was actually worth picking up. There was nothing in this that resembled cardboard. It showed the blood and guts, and it got pretty interesting!

Without a doubt, this is the best book I've yet to encounter when it comes to taking an inside look at life in a real maxmimum security prison.

Leavenworth Federal Prison is located, obviously,in Leavenworth Kansas and is the oldest federal prison in existence. Built in the late 1800's, Leavenworth is a maximum security facility where the sometimes mundane work-a-day-world that most of us have come to know ends abruptly and a new society emerges as a timeless, unslayable demon from the depths of one's worse nightmares. Although this society hidden from the outside world does have rules established by the prison system, there is a sub sub-culture that the prisoners must deal with every day. This is truly a story of the survival of the fittest.

This book was not written as many others have been, in a biased, sterile, sociological style that would be right at home in the politically-correct atmosphere of a classroom. This is a no-nonsense, in-your-face, account of what things are really like for those doing hard time. If you're a soccer mom or other politically correct weasel, do yourself a favor and stick with the lofty, fantasy world that you have locked yourself into. If, on the other hand, you seek knowledge and enlightenment as close as one can achieve without actually being a part of the event, buy this book; you'll find it hard to put down.

The author, Pete Earley, was given complete free and unsupervised access, day and night, to any guard and prisoner who would speak with him. Although he initially was met with suspicion and distrust from both the guards and prisoners alike, he proved himself to be a stand-up guy and was able to establish a rapport. Pete roamed the yards and cell blocks alone: no weapons, no protection. He was literally at the mercy of anyone who wanted to harm or kill him.

To his credit, Pete chose not to take sides. From turning down offers from the guards to drink and shoot with them to refraining from indulging in the prisoner's home brew, Pete walked the middle road and reported fairly. The result of his efforts has produced a book of unparalled interest and value.

Pete focuses upon a half-dozen prisoners and guards to tell their individual tales of life, crime, emotions, frustrations, hatred, fears, and interaction. When one combines these aspects with the bureaucratic nature of the federal prison system, one ends up with an environment nearly too insane to believe. Reality is always stranger than fiction.

While it is perhaps interesting to read the perceptions of those who have already absorbed the book, this is a literary accomplishement that you must read and ponder for yourself. The book is intertaining and describes well the emotional toll inflicted upon both sides. I believe you won't want to put it down.

This book was written by a civilian (a person who was neither a correctional employee nor an inmate) about life in a federal correctional facility. It is held in such high regard as a factual and honest account that it was recommended by the instructors from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Since personally reading The Hot House more than ten years ago, I have purchased copies of The Hot House and "Games Criminal Play" for every friend who has been hired by, or who has considered applying for a federal, state or county prison or jail facility. Each person who has received these books has given them rave reviews. This book should be required reading for anyone considering a career in corrections and it is certainly worth reading for those of us who don't work in the field!

The book is ironically called "Twisted Triangle," and is supposedly about the famous "love triangle" between crime novelist Patricia Cornwell, FBI agent Margo Bennett and Margo's FBI agent husband Gene. Yet, just a few pages into the book, the author states that neither Gene Bennett or Patricia Cornwell wanted anything to do with the book, therefore leaving only ONE of the key players in the triangle to tell the story. And this is precisely why the book fails miserably.

Anyone interested enough in the story to have followed the news when it happened and/or buy the book already knows the story simply by following the news. This book offers nothing new or profound for the reader. The writing is choppy and hard to follow. And, the actual love affair between Patricia Cornwell and Margo Bennett is mentioned at every possible opportunity and therefore bores the reader. The actual "sexy" lesbian love affair is such a small part of the book. This author emphasized it only because it involved a celebrity writer, Patricia Cornwell, and helps the author market the book. It is so obvious that the author's writing does not stand on its own.

A triangle consists of 3 lines, or "sides" to a story. Yet, Margo's voice is the only one the reader hears. Twisted Triangle could more accurately be named "One-sided line."

Twisted Triangle: A Famous Crime Writer, a Lesbian Love Affair, and the FBI Husband's Violent Revenge


Caitlin Rother's Twisted Triangle has supplied a great read that appeals to readers who need to see what is going on in peoples minds, readers who need to see what is going on underneath the surface of everyday life; specifically marriage. Also, it is obvious that Caitlin was keen to be extremely emotionally sensitive to Margo's life story. Margo's life was so very intense.

This book is a fascinating read as the obsessed, criminal, defrauding, lying, psycho husband Gene Bennett hacks through the forest of control surrounding himself with a silent chainsaw, delicately providing a stream of jaw-dropping calculated and manipulative lies. He plotted out his wife's execution with the precision of a very detailed professional hit man.

Margo's husband Gene, in half-shadow, disguised the emptiness of his warped life embarked on a wanton dance of destruction in his place of employ (which just so happened to be the FBI, oh by the way) and his home life.


Gene Bennett was having such a good time with the antics of his monsters and inner demons that one has to wonder how the FBI did not see what a huge RED FLAG he was. How did he get away with it all? He was a fabulous liar.

What an extraordinarily courageous and brave woman Margo Bennett is to dig into her life and share it with us all thru this book. Thank you Margo. Your emotionally raw honest read was a tremendous help to me. Unless you have been involved with a manipulative sociopath, you could never imagine the psychological cleverness they have in getting into the essence of your psyche; being a puppet master pulling the strings of your mind. It was obvious that Gene Bennett was an extremely sadistic sociopath, and one can only hope that going forward Margo is given all of life's BEST blessings.


It is a tale about a shady tale-telling FBI agent named Gene Bennett; a clever seductive sociopathic vampire drawn to suck the energy and life out of his beloved FBI agent wife Margo Bennett. Truth really is stranger than fiction. Because it's true, it is easily one of the most incredible and undeniably horrifying stories of our time.

From cover to cover this book was hard to put down. It was presented in a wonderfully candid style with no-holds-barred and many unthinkable surprises. I am reading a lot of non-fiction at the present time and this book is at the top of my list. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING!!!!! Caitlin outdid herself with this one!

Dalene Khan
Tustin, California

Don't waste your money. I was looking forward to this book due to the intriguing triangle aspect. What a disappointment. So poorly written, no details, and confusing. They whip through the trial like nothing. The victim is not the most sympathetic, she did cheat on him. I know he went overboard and is evil. I don't understand why she didn't move after the first incident, and far away. I can't believe I wasted my money and time.

I'm always pleased to see thoughtful True Crime in hardback and Caitlin Rother's previous effort, Poisoned Love, proved she can deliver the goods when it comes to the genre. Then there's the case at hand: the famous (infamous) "love triangle" between crime novelist Patricia Cornwell, FBI agent Margo Bennett and Margo's FBI agent husband Gene. Better true crime fodder can't be found.

Except that there wasn't much of a "triangle". No, the real story here is the abusive marriage between Margo and Gene. Both were successful FBI agents but Gene's willingness (or need) to employ larceny to augment the family income hardly fit with the traditional G-Man image. Insurance scams, side businesses and padded expense reports were all business as usual for Gene. So was emotional abuse and, ultimately, physical abuse triggered by Margo's determination to free herself from a miserable marriage.

This is Margo's story, told from her vantage point in terms of emotions and facts. The reader learns things about Gene as Margo learns them. We also see her relationship with Cornwell unfold through Margo's eyes. Even without sour grapes, Cornwell still comes across as a needy woman enchanted by her own sudden fame. Gene, however, remains something of a cipher. Aside from speculation that he became hooked on the high of undercover work, Rother doesn't do much to help the reader understand what makes Gene tick. He's a repellant character but what created him?

We get to see the long term impact on the entire family of Gene's deceit and violence, along with his continued attempts to manipulate his children. It's hard not to agree with Margo Bennett that Gene will come after he once parolled. It's also hard not to revel a bit in the novelty of an abused spouse who's had the police training necessary to save herself. Her cool thinking clearly saved two lives.

The exploitive sub-title is unfortunate because the book itself doesn't exploit the characters or the situation. All in all this is an enjoyable true crime story in which the victim not only survives but emerges empowered.

Well researched,deals mainly with small crew on trial for homicide.Detailed account of their exploits,fair amount of history coverd. One of the better books on la Eme.

This book was GARBAGE. I thought it was going to be like Machine Gun Mundos' book (Mexican Mafia), but, was not! Very disappointing.
This guy is obsessed with The Avenues targeting Blacks.
Well, Sr. Rafael: Get your facts straight! Why didn't you write anything about blacks targeting Mexicans? This has been going on for years, and I don't see the Media/books saying anything about this.
And what the hell does this have to with IMMIGRATION? Jesus Christ, no wonder there is a green light on this guy (good).

A well researched and investigated book. If you want to learn about the Mexican Mafia then read this book. Although it is a little too cop/prosecutor orientated it is still good- you just have to skip the cop parts to get to the good gangster stuff. But not a bad read by any means. I would like to see something from Tony Rapheal with more gangster profiles. I know he has it in him. Check out his blog, In the hat.

I bought this book before boarding a long flight. The topic interested me and I thought it would give me a good insight into the Mexican Mafia. I was wrong.
I started reading and very soon realized is was confusing, extremely detailed with uninteresting facts and poorly written. The story revolved more around 1 La Eme crew, their trial, the DA and the investigative detectives. It really failed to provide detailed information or analysis of the origins, rise and present strength or organization of la Eme / Mexican Mafia. The author spends more time describing the life of Manzella the DA than he does key players of the mob.
Finally I skimmed through great parts of the book to arrive at the end knowing the same I already knew before reading it.

I was expecting more. The writing is poor. It is more like an investigative report aimed at the law enforcement community. For a lay person, it is so crammed with names and details, it is hard to read. I ended up skimming after the first half of the book. Also, the author is clearly pushing some of his own bias against immigration. Basically, I find the book irritating, even though I am very interested in the topic.

It is interesting to me very informative. In candle wax traffic to other illicit products. I like the cover as well as the whole story. This book has the lord of the skies, Mr.Fuentes in his coffin as well. For me it is a very special book.

quisiera referirme al epilogo la pagina 357 para ser exactos en esta pagina el escritor le llama a mexico un pais que tiene envidia a EEUU por sus logros.... y que por eso los mexicanos traficamos droga.
para el escritor:
By now everyone has accepted that the fact that as long as there's demand,there will always be supply, and that whenever one supplier goes down, another inevitably rises up to fill the void.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND-the bedrock principle of economics- thus ensures that the endless war on drugs will continue until EEUU stop using drugs...
si sabes tanto escritor porque ocultas la verdad?????. benjamin(sinaloense)

I've read the book and it is everything my friends told me it was. In the book Comandante Oscar Prieto is one of my friend's dad. The author gives good detail of the story of Pablo because i've heard a lot of true stories which are in the book, and of course a lot that aren't. I have family in Ojinaga and you still have the same business going on, but a lot of people from the town don't worry about it. I've seen pictures where Pablo just looks like a normal rancher from town. He always helped the people in need for food or money. He always remembered where he came from. That's why people don't remember him as a drug lord but as a person who helped the community and the poor. You will be surprised by how Pablo did his deals to cross the drugs over the border. When you read the book you will picture in your mind everything that is going on just like I did. Believe me, you will visualize.

After serving in the Border Patrol in the west Texas area for the last ten years, Poppa's book is the most realistic I have read to date. I get frustrated reading many books, especially when they start blaming the US for Mexico's problems. This books explains clearly corruption in the Mexican system, how it came about, and why it will probably never go away. It also demonstrates how ridiculious our politicians can be in attempting to deal with a government built on and run by corruption.

The story of Pablo is great, but you could just change the name and it would fit many of the other King Pins out there and their lives too. Mexico relishes and charishes Drug Lords as heroes, and that is a fact.

Question? When you have that many millions of people crossing into the United States illegally that have accepted corruption as the way things are done, what will that eventually do to our society?

In Drug Lord, Terrence Poppa manages to capture all the elements that a book about America's War on Drugs should have: engrossing, multidimensional heroes and villains, clearly-defined connections between the men and women who move oceans of narcotics across the Rio Grande and the larger governmental interests on both sides of the border that profit, one way or the other, from the trade, and guns, guns, guns. Drug Lord was an engrossing read, which I happened to read while touring the Big Bend area of West Texas. The book had such an impact on me that I made a 100-mile detour to visit Ojinaga, the stage where Pablo Acosta made his rise from dirt-poor campesino to mafia kingpin. Although Ojinaga today does its best to disassociate itself, at least to outsiders, from Acosta's legacy (even this pinche gringo knew better than to walk into a cantina and start asking questions), many of the tangible remnants of the bad old days Poppa describes, such as the smuggler's trucks with questionable propane tanks in the bed and houses surrounded by 12 foot-high cinderblock walls, are still readily visible. Although the book succeeds as narrative and will satisfy anyone interested in the drug war, the conclusion that Poppa comes to can be summed up in one sentence: it is all Mexico's fault. True, the Mexican government is rotten to the core, and six years under Vicente Fox doesn't seem to have changed much. But any honest examination of the War on Drugs must acknowledge the fact that Acosta and those who have come before and after him are only supplying a demand created by Americans; if the Mexicans don't sate that demand, then the Colombians will, and if the Colombians don't sate it, then the Cosa Nostra, or the Russians, and so on and so forth. I found Poppa's willingness to foster the blame for an unwinnable war on the shoulders of a country that has lost so much fighting a conflict whose victory will primarily benefit Americans to be a sad and myopic conclusion to an otherwise great book. Readers wanting an equally-engrossing but more balanced read should try Charles Bowden's Down By The River, about the Amado-Fuentes organization.

Good read. Moved along well. Most times you felt like you either knew them or you were there to see what was going on. You felt Michelle's pain for not having her husband home and needing to find male compainionship elsewhere. There was never any doubt who had done this crime of passion. John Glatt really makes True Crime interesting with the way he is indept and presis down to the bare bones of it. Definately a book to read.

I was very disappointed in the writing style I was not able to finish the book got stuck all the time with author talking about what the company was achieving he gave very little time about the wife. In one part of the book it states she is 22 having her first child and in the photos she is getting married and 23 and had not had children before the wedding.Conflicting!!

The book did not flow I felt if he spoke one more time about the company the Dr created I was going to scream.

I won't be buying John Glatts books again I want to be entertained not bored with details that is not necessary.

Once again John Glatt does a great job if you like true crime make sure you read all of John Glatt's book he is a great writer.

This is a tragic story. When it becomes to an affair of the heart one never knows what another will do.

I read all other reviews of this book before I ordered it, but the story (which I was not familiar with) sounded interesting and I am a true crime reader, so I ordered it. I do wonder how well these St. Martin's True Crime Library books are edited. There are typos and some inconsistencies in the details presented by the author, but these are probably "picky" criticisms on my part. I had not read John Glatt prior to this book, but I don't think I'll be seeking out other books of his. I just did not subjectively enjoy his writing style.

This is the sort of book you find for sale at an airport magazine story, designed to be easily and quickly digested in the space of a plane trip. The story itself is not particularly memorable, in fact it has a depressingly familiar quality to it. Older slightly dweeby guy seeks a young bride from another country then proceeds to dominate her to keep her dependent on him, wife tries to break free, husband kills her.

If you are a fan of true crime this is a fun read. It doesn't transcend the genre or break new ground but it doesn't claim to.

A little confusing in the beginning due to author and Intrepid's name being very similar but I got the hang of it and then captivated by the end. So much so, that I immediately started reading it again. Funny, the man who recommended it to me did the exact same thing I found out afterwards. We had to go back and take in all the detail to make sure we didn't miss anything.
I marveled at the things I was unaware of due to the "popular" versions of WWII events that have been published for years. Amazing how propaganda and misinformation can influence us so much. A must read for anyone interested in WW II. Excellent insights into Roosevelt and Churchill and the those behind the scenes who could never get credit for changing/influencing history.

If you want to know what led up to WWII, this is the book for you. Fascinating little known historic facts and behind the scene events.

I read that Valerie Plame had read this book and that it made a difference in her choice of careers, and was curious about a book that could have such an impact. I found it fascinating and an easy read, and have to compare some of the reviews to the famed contemporary critic of Mozart who complained there were too many notes. This book explained so much that I have been looking for in trying to grasp the big picture of WWII. I was left feeling immense gratitude for the people who gave so much for the cause of freedom.
The person who posted a review in January 2007 seems to be mistaken in stating "Stephenson (who was the agent Intrepid, not the author of the book)... claims that President Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor in advance - a debatable claim..." while the book itself (Chapter 23) describes in a footnote certain documents that "led to the false accusations that President Roosevelt knew beforehand abou the planned Japanese attack." I could not find the claim attributed to Stephenson in the book-did I miss it?

What a great and interesting unknown ( to many of us ) part of WW2.
I fascinated by the BSE story, and the fact of being headquartered in New York. This is a must for the history or intelligence student. What a creative and intelligent mind, Sir William from being a canadian teen, WW1 trench fighter, WW1 fighter pilot, becoming a millionaire in the 20's and did not hesitate to use his life and fortune to fight evil, nazi Germany and comunist Russia.
His creation, the British Security Coordination, led to the CIA and one of his staff members, a Royal Navy officer named Ian Fleming, wrote all the scripts for James Bond 007. The beautyful female agents in 007 can be traced back to Cynthia, code name for a super sexy BSE agent.

Just read the book, I enjoyed page by page, and paid my respect to the Room 3603 at the Rockfeller Center, the former headquarter of BSE and Sir William.

The book is a real page turner and it's a true history. The fact that the book has been in print since 1976 tells a lot.

Very interesting book. I enjoyed it, but it was more technical than I expected. Lots of great, gruesome questions.

Nothing ruins a good crime novel faster than factual errors or logical mistakes. That's why so many writers turn to Dr. D.P. Lyle for help. A practicing physician, Lyle is a writer himself, and he helps his colleagues figure out inventive (and accurate) ways of doing mayhem to the human body. "Forensics and Fiction" collects some of the most interesting questions Lyle has answered. Want to know how long a human head immersed in the North Sea would remain recognizable? This is the place to look. Not only is the book valuable for all the useful, obscure information it contains, it's also fascinating to see what kinds of questions writers ask. (Some of them, as you might expect, are rather strange.) "Forensics and Fiction" is an excellent resource for writers and an entertaining, informative read for fans.