A step by step guide to writing believable fictional murder scenarios, ranging from accidental murders to crimes of passion. The text includes information on real-life cases and legal definitions. In the 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
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0
An Addition To Your Reference Library, Not A Stand-Alone:
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.
�Murder One� is a good, broad, writer�s guide to homicide.:
"Murder One" accomplishes its purpose: It is a good writer's guide to homicide. Its breadth dictates lack of deep detail. It covers murder: weapons, business murders, narcotics murders, gang murders, organized-crime murders, contract murders, crime-of-passion murders and thrill/lust, sexual, mass, serial, vehicular and bizarre murders.
All books, including "Murder One", I have read in the "Howdunit Series" have been incredibly helpful.
Poorly written book.:
The main drawback of this book is that the poor chapters about different types of homicide are not followed by any further literature.
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