Murder One: A Writer's Guide to Homicide (Howdunit Series)

Murder One: A Writer's Guide to Homicide (Howdunit Series)
by Mauro V. Corvasce, Joseph R. Paglino

Murder One: A Writer's Guide to Homicide (Howdunit Series)
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Author: Joseph R. Paglino, Mauro V. Corvasce
Edition: Paperback
Published: 1997-06
ISBN: 089879773X
Number of pages: 216
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books

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Book Review: An Addition To Your Reference Library, Not A Stand-Alone
Summary: 3 Stars

Murder One contains a lot of case studies of actual crimes. It also details motives and methods on all sorts of crimes including drug distribution, parents who kill their children and serial killers.

While this book is a great quick reference book, solid crime writing requires a little more depth than this book offers. It's worth having, though, to get you started on the right track.

Summary of Murder One: A Writer's Guide to Homicide (Howdunit Series)

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

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