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Armed
and Dangerous : A Writer's Guide to Weapons
(Howdunit Series) by Michael Newton
(Paperback -
August 1990)
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A guide to the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of
a wide range of weapons, with information about which were used during
each period of history.
Body
Trauma : A Writer's Guide to Wounds and
Injuries (Howdunit Series)
by David W. Page. Paperback (September 1996)
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The publisher, Writer's Digest , September 23, 1996 Highly recommended by Booklist.
"This latest volume in the infinitely useful Howdunit series picks up where
Cause of Death and Scene of the Crime (both 1992) left off. If your hero
gets beat about the head, what kind of bruises is he likely to have, and
when
will they go away? Page has the answers. Inauthentic details have doomed
many an otherwise decent mystery. Page is here to help." (Booklist, August
1996
Cause
of Death : A Writer's Guide to Death, Murder and
Forensic Medicine (Howdunit Series)
by Keith D. Wilson. Paperback (September 1992)
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Physician-writer Wilson explains how police distinguish between accident,
suicide, and homicide; what a medical examiner is looking for when
conducting an autopsy; what a death certificate looks like<-;- >and
who
signs it; what happens when a criminal is sentenced to death.
Deadly
Doses : A Writer's Guide to Poisons (Howdunit
Series)
by Serita Deborah Stevens, Anne Klarner. Paperback
(August 1990)
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From Book News, Inc. , December 1, 1990
Thorough, non-technical, well-organized guide for writers who need to
know, for example, what poison will turn the victim yellow. Deals with
acute poisoning, as opposed to chronic poisoning; most of the poisons
described are lethal immediately or in short periods of time (so medical
care
cannot be sought). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Missing
Persons : A Writer's Guide to Finding the Lost,
the Abducted and the Escaped (Howdunit Series)
by Fay Faron. Paperback (September 1997)
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Fay Faron first discovered her proclivity for detective work when the
houseboat she'd just bought sank in Sausalito's Richardson Bay and it
behooved her to track down the boat's elusive previous resident. She is
the founder of the Rat Dog Dick Detective Agency (seriously!) in San Francisco,
and a regular guest on Oprah!. She has written an informative, entertaining,
nay, hilarious guide for anyone writing about detectives and missing persons
(MPs). Missing Persons tells us who is most likely to become a private
investigator (PI), who is likely to go missing (or merely misplaced), and
who would want to find them (hint: "the working PI's motto often
is 'The client is not always right and often is not even sane.'").
We learn how and why people hide their whereabouts, and how to go about
locating them. While 95 percent of a PI's work is done sitting at a desk,
says Faron, "sooner or later your detective has to actually get off his
duff and go out into the real world and burn up some calories." This is
called "gumshoeing," and includes such scintillating activities as surveillance
("newspaper reading, coffee drinking and bladder rending") and dumpster-diving
("although I'd sooner admit to wearing Tan-In-A-Bottle to my high school
reunion, I will concede there are lots of treasures to be found in day-to-day
debris"). The appendices list PI licensing requirements by state and state
laws regarding taping telephone conversations and such, so you don't make
a fool of yourself. Faron works in fabulous, unbelievable examples from
her 15 years in the business and lines such as this, about one MP who was
discovered to be alive, not dead: "Dr. Mort had not, in fact, taken a dirt
nap."
Murder
One : A Writer's Guide to Homicide (Howdunit
Series)
by Mauro V. Corvasce, Joseph R. Paglino. Paperback
(September 1997)
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Murder One is not written with the verve of some of the other books
in
Writer's Digest's Howdunit series, but if you need to know what kind of
car
serial killers prefer to drive (Volkswagens) or what happens to the contents
of a human skull when subjected to intense heat (they "boil and explode
much like a hard-boiling egg that is left unattended"), this is the place
to
turn. Mauro V. Corvasce and Joseph R. Paglino, investigators for the
Monmouth County, New Jersey, prosecutor's office, provide the inside
scoop on murders involving narcotics, gangs, organized crime, families,
strangers, crimes of passion, lust, sex, and more. --Jane Steinberg
Private
Eyes : A Writer's Guide to Private Investigating
(Howdunit Series)
by Hal Blythe, et al. Paperback (September 1993)
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Synopsis
What kinds of jobs do investigators perform? What tricks and tactics do
they use? How do real investigators differ from those we see in novels
and
on TV? Two published mystery writers and a PI answer these
questions--from the writer's perspective--and tell how to use this
information in stories.
Scene
of the Crime : A Writer's Guide to Crime-Scene Investigations
(Howdunit Series)
by Anne Wingate. Paperback (September 1992)
Our Price:$16.99
From Book News, Inc. , February 1, 1993
The author, a former investigator, instructor, and mystery writer, details
real
crime scenes, describing what investigators look for, how they collect
and
analyze evidence, and what happens to the crime scene once the initial
investigation ends. Includes timetables and charts in addition to procedural
rules and regulations and anecdotal illustrations. Annotation copyright
Book
News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Police
Procedural : A Writer's Guide to the Police and How They Work (Howdunit)
by Russell Bintliff
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Synopsis
Writers can make mysteries and other manuscripts more accurate and
realistic by detailing the police officer's job. An investigations professional
tells how and when police officers work, what they wear, who they report
to, and generally how they go about the business of controlling and
investigating crime.
Modus
Operandi : A Writer's Guide to How Criminals Work (Howdunit)
by Mauro V. Corvasce, Joseph R. Paglino (Contributor)
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Synopsis
Writers will see how to create cunning criminals who still leave clues
protagonists can follow. The authors explain how law-breakers perform the
dirty deeds of murder--from contract killers to seemingly ordinary
people--armed robbery, arson, smuggling, white collar crime, prostitution,
and more.
Malicious
Intent : A Writer's Guide to How Murderers, Robbers, Rapists and Other
Criminals Think (The Howdunit)
by Sean P. MacTire
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Synopsis
Writers will learn how to create their own unforgettable villains with
the
help of this guide to criminal psychology. Mactire, author of Victims of
Domestic Violence, explores the fact and fiction of who these people are,
why they commit their crimes, how they choose their victims and how
people catch them.
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