The Crime Writer's Handbook (Allison & Busby Writers' Guides)

The Crime Writer's Handbook (Allison & Busby Writers' Guides)
by Douglas Wynn

The Crime Writer's Handbook (Allison & Busby Writers' Guides)
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Author: Douglas Wynn
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2004-03
ISBN: 0749003456
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Allison & Busby LTD

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Book Review: How to Kill Off Anybody
Summary: 5 Stars

Must have book for any writer of fictional crime. I bought this to help me understand the five deaths of my True Crime book victims--amazing! Great resource, easy to read and makes perfect sense.

This book not only explains the methods and the effects, but attempts to give every way of death a real life example.

If you are interested, this book also delves into forensic science information and other methods of detection.

I reccommend this book also to detectives in training.

Summary of The Crime Writer's Handbook (Allison & Busby Writers' Guides)

Crime writers commit murder in print. This book shows writers how they can do it, explaining what the victim and the murder scene will look like afterwards, and what clues will give the game away. Chapters on police procedures in the UK, what happens in the courtroom and post mortems will help lend a convincing authority to every writer's work.

Stuck for ideas? Pore through these pages to discover a wealth of inspiration and reduce time spent on research. Lost for words? Discover rigor mortis, corpus delicti and folie ? deux.

Liberally sprinkled with examples from real life and fiction, this book is a reference must for every writer and would-be writer of crime fiction.

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