Books recently read
Aug. 14th, 2005 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krazykitkatThe Mermaids Singing and The Wire in the Blood by Val McDermid.
Familiar stories due to having seen the tv series. But still enjoyed them thoroughly. I very much like McDermid's writing style. And oh the Tony/Carol...just as unresolved and tense as portrayed by Hermione and Robson. Was hearing their voies while reading.
Crime Scene - True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator by Esther McKay.
Esther McKay joined the NSW police as an idealistic 21-year-old and became one of the force's most experienced and respected forensic investigators. Her amazing true crime book takes us inside a police forensic investigation unit - the unit first called to every grisly murder or accident scene. She provides a fascinating insight into the demands and pressures of this work, and reveals the terrible human cost of it in a way that has never been done before.
Not for the squeamish. I was in tears at times, especially in the sections dealing with her breakdown. This book reveals the true cost of dealing with death, the high turnover of investigators leaving before the work killed them, and the police culture of not showing "weakness" that compounded the problems. An antidote to the "glamour" portrayed by the CSI franchise (Esther wrote a good article on CSI here).
Familiar stories due to having seen the tv series. But still enjoyed them thoroughly. I very much like McDermid's writing style. And oh the Tony/Carol...just as unresolved and tense as portrayed by Hermione and Robson. Was hearing their voies while reading.
Crime Scene - True Stories from the Life of a Forensic Investigator by Esther McKay.
Esther McKay joined the NSW police as an idealistic 21-year-old and became one of the force's most experienced and respected forensic investigators. Her amazing true crime book takes us inside a police forensic investigation unit - the unit first called to every grisly murder or accident scene. She provides a fascinating insight into the demands and pressures of this work, and reveals the terrible human cost of it in a way that has never been done before.
Not for the squeamish. I was in tears at times, especially in the sections dealing with her breakdown. This book reveals the true cost of dealing with death, the high turnover of investigators leaving before the work killed them, and the police culture of not showing "weakness" that compounded the problems. An antidote to the "glamour" portrayed by the CSI franchise (Esther wrote a good article on CSI here).
