Product Description

Meet the little know and even less understood heroes of police work in Las Vegas - the forensic investigators, as they work to untangle the evidence behind the yellow police tape. LAS VEGAS, NV--Lynn Peirce, devoted wife and mother, has disappeared without a trace--but her best friends have an audio tape of her husband threatening to cut her up into little pieces. Stripper Jenna Patrick, on the other hand, has just been found--strangled to death in a private room of the club where she worked. Crime Scene Investigation director Gil Grissom and his CSI team must uncover the evidence and unravel the truths behind both shocking murders.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #100951 in Books
• Published on: 2002-11-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
"Is there anyone left in Britain watching this cracking US import? Surely not because you've all gone off to Las Vegas to become crime scene investigators!" Radio Times

About the Author
Max Allan Collins is a NY Times bestselling author of original mysteries, a Shamus award winner and an experienced author of movie adaptions and tie-in novels. His graphic novel ROAD TO PERDITION has been made into a major motion picture forthcoming from Tom Hank's production company, Playtone. This is his second work for CSI.

Customer Reviews

An excellent novelisation
'Sin City' is the first in the series of novels based on the TV series C.S.I: Crime Scene Investigation. The author, Max Allan Collins (who has also written books for the C.S.I: Miami series), does an excellent job of bringing the characters of the show to the page and recreating the style of the show perfectly.

The book begins when Lynne Pierce, a devoted Christian, disappears just a day after she has given a tape recording to her friends, of an arguement she has recently had with her husband saying that he is going to kill her and cut her into pieces. Gil Grissom, Jim Brass, Nick Stokes and Warwick Brown begin the investigation and soon find a part of her body leading them to suspect that the husband is to blame, only they need the evidence to prove it.
Elsewhere, Catherine Willows and Sara Sidle, with the help of a new character, Detective Conroy, investigate the murder of a stripper who has been strangled to death in a locked room.

The missing person case is probably the better half of the story, but both cases are very tense and enjoyable and tie up quite nicely at the end and will keep you guessing until the last page. Each of the characters is very well written and are exactly like their TV counterparts. The new character, Conroy is a nice addition to the team, making the book feel a little more unique. For any fan of C.S.I. this is a must-buy and you will not be disappointed. For anyone who hasn't seen the show (is there anyone?!) but is a fan of the crime fiction genre in general, it is also a very fast-paced and decent read but will probably be more appreciated if you have seem the show. This is a truly unputdownable book either way.

Sin City
My best friend bought me this book for my birthday becuase she knows im a MASSIVE CSI fan and i LOVED this book ! ANYONE who likes CSI on TV will LOVE the book.
The author has really written the characters well.
I loved the twist at the end, And the last line in the book made me LOL !!!! I had the whole bus looking at me funny.
Great Read !! I REALLY do recommend this book to you out there!
Buy It!

A worth while read
And yet again another Brilliant novel from the author Max Allan Collins. To all you CSI fans out there, it's a must have. Join Gill and the team as they hunt down a killer, they have one suspect in mind, but will he turn out to be the one?Will the evidence point in his direction?This will leave you hooked and unable to put the book down.