Book Description
For most people, the forensic sciences are something reported on the news when a crime is solved through DNA evidence, or used as a plot twist for television shows. But behind the crime-scene tape and the doors of the morgue is a world never seen by the public. Now famed pathologist and medical examiner Dr. Michael Baden and award-winning writer Marion Roach take readers into the laboratory, above the autopsy table, onto the witness stand and out in the field to show how advances in forensic science can solve crucial questions in a criminal case, often with startling accuracy.
Baden and Roach reveal how a key clue to the killer of Nicole Brown Simpson was lost when her body was moved to the morgue, and why the JonBenet Ramsey case can never be solved. They show how no clue is too small to be analyzed and no case too old to be reopened. Full of behind-the-scenes drama and surprising revelations, Dead Reckoning is a fascinating look at how forensic science is changing the way we convict the guilty and free the innocent.
Customer Reviews:
Entertaining and Enlightening!.......2007-01-09
The pair have a way with words! I could not put this book down, it only took 24 hours to read and I was up set when I was done! I wanted more! The way Dr. Baden tells his stories are wonderful, I look forward to reading more from this pair!
Inside Look.......2006-07-24
This book would be great for anyone who is even the slightest bit interested in going into forensics. Dr. Baden shows how lots of different professionals work together to solve crimes. He tells about things like blood school and bug school and what goes on at forensics conventions, that most of the population wouldn't even dream of hearing! He goes into detail on a few key players in forensics: the renowned Henry Lee, and even some of the "bad guys," including the medical examiner who faked hundreds of autopsies and had many wrong people convicted.
It's an inside look into a world that the general public rarely gets a glimpse of, and it was wonderfully done.
For the true crime junkies..........2006-06-19
If you enjoy forensic science and true crime literature this book will keep you entertained. However, I don't think it is Dr. Baden's best work. The organization of the book was a bit scattered and overall, it can't decide if it is a textbook, an autobiography or a work of non-fiction.
The strongest parts of the book were his descriptions of the "gods" of the forensics world: Henry Lee, the blood spatter expert and the entomology guru. He makes these men leap off the pages and you find yourself truly fascinated by their morbid daily activities that contribute so much to forensic science. It was a great primer on these little known, much appreciated scientists.
In some places, there was WAY too much detail, I was bored as I imagined I was reading a student's textbook. The true crime genre is a tricky one - you need enough details to keep the audience interested, but not too many they feel you're lecturing to them. This book doesn't quite get that balance right.
Overall the book was disjointed, and I was puzzled as to why Dr. Baden kept peppering chapters with his own dysfunctional childhood details or droning on about his skill in talking to juries while thwarting defense attorneys. I have read other books by Dr. Baden and have seen his HBO specials and I found him to be smart, engaging and completely competent. In this book, he would have done better to eliminate his own egocentric random details and just describe the pure process of the science and the men who do it.
Finally the pictures in the middle seem placed there gratuitously, referring to certain stories haphazardly. It would have been better organized had all of the pictures been placed in the corresponding chapters. Plus, some more relevant pictures might have been more appropriate.
I think if you are a newcomer to the forensic science genre, there are better books to keep your interest. If you're not, this book has some good parts, but disappoints overall.
Exceptionally Good. A Keeper........2006-01-04
The book meets all of my standards for 5 stars: Interesting subject, spell-binding story, and well-written. Plus Baden includes comments about the dummies who work as cops, attorneys, judges, medicos, and technicians. These people make life difficult for the real stars: competent cops, attorneys, judges, etc. I especially like how Baden walks you through what he does, commenting on the professional arcana of his craft. Any professional who fails to talk about his tools is suspect, in my book. This book will serve you well if youre writing about true crime.
Author of Practical Homicide Investigation.......2005-11-28
DEAD RECKONING: The New Science of Catching Killers provides the reader with an inside look into the exciting world of forensic science as the authors explain the scientific detection of cause, manner and mechanism of death. The authors' presentation, which includes exquisite case histories as well as down-to-earth clarification of scientific details with understandable illustration, formulates a captivating read.
As a homicide and forensic consultant I appreciate the importance of trace evidence and how significant such microscopic evidence can be in conducting a homicide investigation. DEAD RECKONING: The New Science of Catching Killers, emphasizes how crucial physical evidence can be. More importantly, physical evidence represents the "unimpeachable witness." It cannot be clouded by a faulty memory, prejudice, poor eyesight or one of many human frailties. As the authors state; "It is reproducible, preservable and ultimately the most reliable witness any cop or D.A. could ever dream of."
DEAD RECKONING: The New Science of Catching Killers is a must read for anyone who has a passionate enthusiasm for forensic science and its application to the investigative process. The authors provide the reader with real life case examples and information about the intricacies of the medicolegal autopsy, the use of blood stain pattern analysis, the analysis of maggots in estimating time of death, facial reconstruction, hair analysis, forensic odontology and the forensic exhumation.
Book Description
No author has gone as far as Doerfler in covering methods of mental calculation beyond simple arithmetic. Even if you have no interest in competing with computers you'll learn a great deal about number theory and the art of efficient computer programming. --Martin Gardner
Customer Reviews:
It just doesn't add up........2007-08-23
Dead Reckoning failed to meet expectations - that of being able to mentally or quickly do rudimentary math excersizes (such as finding square roots, large multiplication, etc.). I myself am okay with math and was looking to this book to further expand my abilities. It was not well explained and I was lost shortly after the introduction even after reading it three times. I even read on to see if I could catch up, but it just got more complicated. I am not sure the target audience (I'm assuming that it is for someone such as myself), but it really missed the mark. I'm sure the guy who wrote it is really smart, but I would recommend you not read it - or at least not have it be your first book on mental/speed math.
Much better reads are (in order of usefulness) Speed Mathematics Simplified by E. Stoddard, Speed Mathematics by B. Handley, and How to Calculate Quickly by H. Stickler. I've read these three and they provide much more useful methods than Dead Reckoning.
Anyone want to buy my copy of Dead Reckoning - cheap?
Great Idea, Poorly Proofread.......2006-02-19
There are many books designed to teach rapid calculation without aid of a machine. The topic that sets this one apart, and the entire reason I bought it is that it covers logarithms. Unlike most of the books in this genre this one does not waste space with endless examples and practice problems, anybody can create there own. It does back an impressive array of methods to increase speed in pencil and paper calculation, and makes it clear that each method has a time and place for maximal performance.
This book was well thought out, but unfortunately not well proofread. For example, pp 14 and 15 have the following mistakes:
"125 x n = 8n,000 / 8" should read "125 x n = n,000 / 8"
"37 can be represented as 111/4" should read "37 can be represented as 111/3"
The typos caused me to verify every method presented, but could lead unsuspecting travelers down the wrong path.
BOTTOM LINE: This books is a wonderful treasury of number sense that is riddled with typos.
dead reckoning:calculating without instruments.......2004-01-08
I bought this book so I could continue with a higher than arithmetic math. What I discovered was that although it does show algebra and other math, there are NO exercises in this book. It has fantastic math examples and processes. I wish it was designed to bring us along with it.
The magnum opus of mental arithmetic!.......1999-02-01
Imagine transforming your mind into a slide-rule with the added bonus of extra precision! "Dead Reckoning" is the ONLY book of its kind, running the gamut from ordinary operations like multiplication and division to roots (square, higher-order, and reciprocal), logarithms and their inverses, and finally trigonometric functions and their inverses. The book also contains other gems such as factorization techniques, continued fractions (for creating rational approximations), and also an algorithm which permits mental square root extractions to arbitrary precision. Those who feel daunted by symbolic formulas needn't worry, the book is replete with examples which provide both clarity and realism to the presentation. The author has an engaging style and has obviously taken great pains; the clarity of the exposition is excellent throughout. Moreover, the text is profusely referenced for those wishing to further pursue a topic that piques their interest. The techniques and strategies contained therein are as practical as they are efficient and are equally amenable to quick pen-and-paper calculations for those not interested in pursuing mental computations. Heartily recommended! - Grant Nixon
Book Description
"Something to please every shade of taste for armchair adventure."—Booklist, Top 10 Literary Travel Books
Richard Burton makes a forbidden pilgrimage to Mecca; Mary Kingsley wanders alone in the jungles of West Africa; Fridtjof Nansen tries to walk to the North Pole; Mary Mummery describes a harrowing first ascent in the Alps; Francis Parkman hunts buffalo with the Sioux in the Black Hills. This remarkable collection contains stories from the most compelling and celebrated odysseys of the century, some of them long-forgotten classics of their time. From polar navigation to the search for the source of the Nile to the first crossing of the Himalayas to a quest for the origin of species, this book ranges the globe and captures the restlessness of the human spirit. 22 illustrations.
Book Description
Captain Richard Delancey heads for the East Indies on the 32-gun frigate Laura to take part in the capture of the Cape of Good Hope. His ingenious tactics gain the attention of his superiors, who recruit him for a high-stakes mission: to seek out and destroy the French privateer Subtile.
Customer Reviews:
Apologies.......2006-11-30
I hate to write a bad review. However, I want to spare the potential buyer of a waste of his/her money.
I love these types of stories, and I have all of the Forester, O'Brian, Kent, Lambdin, etc. novels. I bought this whole series, simply assuming that I would like it. Unfortunately, I could barely force myself to finish the first one. Yet, I thought that the series and writing might grow in the later volumes, so I persevered. I was wrong. The second and third ones were just as bad, and I just can't force myself to read them anymore.
God bless Mr. Parkinson, I'm sure he was a wonderful man and he can surely write better than I can, but his fiction writing is horrible. One reviewer of an early volume called it "wooden," and that's what his writing is. There's no depth to the stories or the characters - there's no excitement. Mr. Parkinson wrote many books on business management, and his novels, sadly, read like one of those books.
Again, I'm sorry to write a bad review, but please do yourself a favor and find one of these at a library before you shell out your money for the series.
DeLancey survives fever ports, pirates, and battles.......2002-01-21
The year is 1805 and England is at war. At the end of the last novel, "Touch and Go," Richard DeLancey was a commander returning home to England as a peace treaty was signed. This novel (copyright 1978) finds DeLancey married to Fiona, a former actress. He has just been brought back onto active service, promoted to captain, and been given the older 32-gun frigate Laura for service at the Cape, in the Far East, and in the Indian Ocean. He must part from his young wife for an unknown period of time.
He has the usual assignments, including convoy escort, and is given a special assignment to chase down a French privateer. He also seeks his long-lost brother. He has exploits in escorting a convoy of East Indiamen attacked by French ships, and participating in the capture of Mauritius (repeated to some extent by the fictional James Aubrey in later novels written by Patrick O'Brien). After taking command of a different frigate, DeLancey finds a creative way to bring the ship's crew up to full strength (losses from disease and battles had been high). He then wins honors for himself and his crew in a final confrontation with the French.
Customer Reviews:
This was great !!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-06-09
This book was fast paced and aweasome.The deaths wern't the best but the characters r aweasome. The jerk off Eric reminded me of the guy Carter in the first movie.But I do have to say the club seen when it collapsed was the best.If u like fd then u should give this book a read.
You need to read this book!.......2006-03-11
This book was awesome! I couldn't put it down it is so much better than the movies! The deaths are way more creative than the movie, they didn't need gore to make it freaky. When some people die they don't really tell what happens take an example from a character who begins with a B.
Now everyone else gives Eric a bad rap but he isn't that horrible he just extremely stubborn. You'll like the ending, it is somewhat like FD2. I will read all of them and I also suggest the movie "Final Destination 3" it is awesome, bloody but awesome. I am so looking foward to the the new book coming out this summer.
Good attempt.......2006-01-23
I'm dying to see Final Destination 3 so I decided to get the books to tie me over until it's out.
I really enjoyed this book, it's a pretty good page turner. It follows the plot to the movies pretty much, opens with an accident, girl has vison and saves a group of people. Said survivors begin dying horribly.
The deaths where pretty cool, nice and gory at times. The book was quite suspencefull and I was hooked on it.
I had a few minor problems with it though. It didn't seem to follow some of the rules, interviening did nothing!
Some of the characters really annoyed me, that damn Eric, I wished for a long and painful demise on that dumbass!
Also some of the deaths where pretty cheap, I wish they spent more time one them. Also there was some sections in the book I didn't really like, I felt they kind of took me out of the story a little.
But I do recommend this, if you are a fan of FD, this book should do you.
Horribly Unprofessional.......2005-10-13
When I finished this book, I put it down and sighed. Wow, this could've been so much better then what was given to me. Since my, A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 review might've been all around and hard to follow, let me break down this review.
First off folks, the storyline. Young, punk-rock, get the hell out of my face Jess Golden has a premonition of the building she's playing in collapsing. Oh my God, what does she do? Why, my friends, she gets her ass out of there of course. But those who follow her, including the terribly annoying, preppy Eric (I'll get to this guy later) and her somewhat boyfriend Jamie, are thankfully saved from the inevitable death that awaits them (big words)! Then they all seem to die off rather slowly, and I wasn't that much interested.
In the creativity department, I guess you can say Rhodes tried her best. Again, it felt kind of repetitive in some points in the book. I rarely felt scared or gloomy like I did in the dark Suffer the Children novel. It seemed too funny to be scary. I never once really, deeply cared about the characters. And by the end of the novel (and only at the end for some reason), the word `cos' was used more than the number of games the Chicago White Sox have won (and they've won a lot for all those who didn't already know). Ugh, what can I say, I only spent $8 on it...
In the fear and gore department....cricket noises please. I was rarely scared, and the gore was kept to a minimum. There's not much I can say without spoiling the plot.
And finally, in the Eric department. My god, he is an annoying son of a bitch. If he were a true person, I would have killed him myself, not saying that he dies or anything...or does he? I can't spoil this book for you, even if I did somewhat dislike it.
Overall, it's an okay read with okay characters and okay ideas. Still, Dead Reckoning could've been so much better. Oh well, maybe Destination Zero (which seems to have helicopters in it, based on the preview in the end of the book) will be more exciting and better.
I give it 2 annoying Erics out of 5
Rated PG-13: language and violence
Doesn't measure up............2005-10-02
I was rather excited about all these new series soming out from Black flame, a nightmare on elm street, friday the thirteenth, etc. And since Final Destination is one of my favs I decided to get the book............
Basic Plotline, same as movies, written okay, the only two characters, Jess and Alex, are pretty likeable, everyone else you don't really care what happens to them....... the death scene at the beginning is very creepy, little like King's prom scene in Carrie, but anyways she saves a couple of people, and they all die off horriblely, yadda yadda yadda ..... u know the story. people die just randomly with out question so don't get to attached.........It didn't measure up to my excpetations, but if ur a fan of the movies, you'll prob. like this book.......
Book Description
A collection of stories from the nineteenth century's most legendary voyages of discovery.
For intensity of geographical exploration and wealth of first-rate adventure writing by intrepid men and women, the nineteenth century stands alone. This definitive collection contains thirty-five stories from the most compelling odysseys of the century: Fridtjof Nansen tries to walk to the North Pole; Mary Kingsley wanders alone in the jungles of West Africa; Richard Burton makes a forbidden pilgrimage to Mecca; Mary Mummery describes a harrowing first ascent in the Alps; Francis Parkman hunts buffalo with the Sioux.
The excerpts are as varied as the voyages themselves—some humorous and lighthearted, others desperate and thrilling—but all are examples of adventure, and adventure writing, at the highest level. Several long-forgotten classics are reprinted here for the first time in one hundred years. From the search for the source of the Nile to the first crossing of the Himalayas to a quest for the origin of species, this book ranges the globe and captures the restlessness of the human spirit. 30 b/w illustrations.
Customer Reviews:
perhaps the best collection of adventure writing.......2003-01-12
The author does an excellent job of culling not only the most interesting and exciting pieces of 19th century travel writing, but editing out the dull parts so that every line draws you in. To make the book even more readable, she writes helpful short introductions which set the scene and explain the context of each adventurer along with his/her adventures. Big names like Darwin and Shackleton are represented along with many lesser known writers who were equally captivating. I've read many exploration/adventure books in the past few years, but as far as a great collection, I've come across no more exciting reading than this one. From Polar to equatorial to nautical, every time of extreme adventure is represented and the incredible leadership of many of the explorers shines through. Even more noteworthy is the obervational detail the authors provide as naturalists and observers of the world around them, largely unexplored during much of that time period. A great read!
THE ALLURE OF THE UNEXPLORED.......2002-12-03
This is an enthralling book, filled with personal, very human stories about some of the most extraordinary expeditions ever ventured.
Remember those old maps that show sea monsters lurking at the rims of certain large, anonymous land masses? They represented the complete unknown, the places no human being had ever ventured into. However, those were the very places that incited wonder and curiosity in imaginations of nineteenth century explorers.
The decision to journey into these lands was a commitment to step into uncertainty of the most extreme kind. Just organizing a journey into an unknown land was a tremendous undertaking, requiring great sums of money, generous and sympathetic supporters, supplies that the crew could only estimate, and a great deal of patience and determination. To launch a journey of exploration was to set off knowing that there was a very good possibility that one would never return. Climate, local inhabitants, wildlife, supplies and the disposition of one's traveling companions were factors that could determine the success or failure of an expedition. But the allure of the unknown was so strong that these determined men and women could never ignore it.
DEAD RECKONING, edited by Helen Whybrow, is an adventure story unto itself. It gathers into one volume the most exciting, most challenging and most dramatic episodes from the most intrepid explorers of the Age of Discovery. Here is Mary Mummery, one of the first women explorers, making her way up slippery ice slopes in the Alps. Here is Alfred Russell Wallace clambering around in thick foliage in the South Sea Islands in an effort to spot new birds as he formulates a theory of evolution that will be eclipsed by Darwin's. Here is Mark Twain "vagabondizing" in the American West and looking at everything with his contagious sense of humor.
These men and women journeyed without the benefit of Gore-Tex or cell phones, down sleeping bags or OFF! insect repellant. They endured endured long voyages on leaking ships, frostbite and insect bites, hunger and thirst, indifference or hostility or envy. Many of them traveled arroganly, with the belief that no land truly existed until it had been visited by an educated white man. All of them, however, expderienced an inner journey that was as profound as their outer journey. All of them were dreamers and visionaries, and all of them were changed forever by the journeys they took.
This book makes you wish that there were more lands to be explored, more wild climates to be endured, and that you yourself could be the one to visit them. Since that it impossible, you can dive into this book and get lost without any of the physical or emotional discomforts these daring adventurerers had to survive.
Customer Reviews:
Sensitive and thoughtful life review.......2000-03-09
As a therapist myself, I very much appreciated the difficult task Dr. Treadway embarked upon...that of getting to know his family of origin. It is interesting to see him pass through many steps before he is able to work through his defense mechanisms and uncover the wounds of his childhood which vitally impact his life in the here & now. The author is brutually honest in his self-assessment and shows the reader his most vulernable self. Helpful and interesting reading for all of us willing to travel the most difficult of all roads...the family system.
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Assistant D.A. Kate Megason is about to prosecute the case of her career when someone starts sending her terrifying messages. Someone who obviously knows her deep, dark secret. Now, she needs the help of Frank Matrone--an investigator with his own shadowy past--or else Kate may have no chance of surviving a killer's brutal wrath.
Customer Reviews:
Far ahead of the others in her genre.......2006-07-23
I love Linda Castillo's books and while this one started slow, it definitely picked up steam and took me well beyond where most of the genre goes - Castillo does unbearable violence extremely well - she brings the readers right where they want to be - in the midst of high tension. My only regret is that the first part of the book was a bit tedious - the usual high powered woman who's really soft as butter beneath. I found the hero much more in character. Overall, a great book and it could join my small keeper pile along with Tami Hoag and Linda Howard.
Check out - Blind Spot - Another RS with environmental theme
Tortured souls unite in grief.......2006-06-21
ADA Kate Megason survived a brutal rape at 17; her sister Kirsten was not so lucky, and has lingered in a vegetative state since that fateful night. Kate has dedicated herself to ensuring that violent criminals are put away. She is handpicked by the DA for an open and shut capital case in which two convenience store workers are senselessly gunned down (one raped as she lay dying), which miraculously was caught on tape.
Kate is assigned burnt out investigator Frank Matrone, a former police detective and military reservist who was critically injured in a terrorist bombing that claimed his lover. He is now a functioning addict - addicted to prescription pain killers and alcohol - something that doesn't bode well with an anal and organized gal like Kate.
While Frank questions the why of the case - it appears that there is more to it than meets the eye. Meanwhile, someone who knows about Kate's past is taunting her with sadistic calls and notes reminding her of the worst night of her life. She has hired a PI to track down the possible culprits, hoping for justice Texas-style. When attempts are made on her life, Frank is called in to watch her, and soon he finds his way into her bed, which completely freaks him out.
The mystery is a little predictable. As soon as the heavies are introduced, their guilt is obvious. But rather than concentrating on the mystery, author Castillo has chose to focus on the dramatic transformation of two injured souls who soon will find that they are each other's salvation as he deals with his grief over the loss of his lover, and she over the violence that stole her sister's innocence and future. In this respect, the story excels.
So Much Potential...But, No Follow Through.......2006-02-08
ADA Kate Megason is a tough as nails and works hard at putting the bad guys in jail. She is handed a career making case when out of no where her past comes back to haunt her. Eleven years earlier Kate and her twin sister Kirsten were attacked and left for dead. There parents work to keep the attack secret even going so far as to change their names and relocating. Someone knows her secret and they are tormenting her but soon crank calls turn into something more. On top of that she has just been partnered with a loose cannon investigator who has a few demons of his own. Will they be able to work together or will the sparks that fly between them start something they won't know how to deal with?
Frank Matrone was injured while overseas. He barely managed to survive and he has the scars and pain to prove it. He has been assigned to work along side ADA Kate Megason. This could be a bad thing since she has little tolerance weakness and he has a boatload of issues that make him weak. But when he realizes the case Kate is working is more then it seems, and when trouble starts dogging Kate's feet, he can no longer pretend he is unmoved by the sassy and strong Kate. Will she be willing to trust him to tell the truth or will someone finish what was started eleven years earlier?
This was an exceptional read...until the end. Several things were introduced at the beginning and carried forth through the story without any conclusion. This was very disappointing as it was a very strong part of the story and since there was no resolution, this left the read unfinished. Still Ms. Castillo managed to create a very strong set of characters and a very engaging storyline. If only she followed through on all that she introduced.
Five Star Read.......2006-01-05
I love Linda Castillo books, so I purchased this one recently. This is one of her best, don't miss this one.
Kate Megason is an ADA with a secret in her past. She has devoted herself entirely to her work since she was 17. College, Law school, and finally work in the District Attorney's Office. She has closed off all her emotions and persued her goals both in her work and out of it. Now she has been handed a case that will make her career if she can pull it off. Just as soon as the case starts, she begins to receive notes and threats concerning the secret in her past. How does it connect to the case she is trying? Or is it just the fact she is finally closing in on the attackers from 11 years ago?
Frank Matrone is a former detective with the PD. He was sent to Iraq and wounded in a car bombing. He has lost some of the use of his leg, he has nerve damage in his body, and someone he cared for died in his arms. If that isn't enough he is now addicted to prescription pain relievers. He and Kate immediately strike sparks of enmity. But all sparks can cause fire and these lead our two wounded heros not only to each other but to healing.
Both feel alone and hurt, each is fighting a battle with themselves as well as others. The tension is good, the plot is very good, and we get the enjoyment of watching the whole situtation explode and come to resolution. I loved it.
Dead Reckoning.......2005-12-26
Kate Megason has just gotten the chance to make her career a success by prosecuting a double homicide. It seems like a homerun for sure, the crime was even caught on video, but someone is out to get Kate. You would think, logically, that the threats are tied to the current case, but Kate hears something else. She fears that what happened eleven years ago is coming back to haunt her again. A brutal attack left her emotionally scarred and her sister brain damaged, but Kate has overcome her past somewhat. As the threats become more terrifying, she turns to Frank Matrone, a P.I. whose physical pain threatens to drive him insane. Perhaps it has already, addicting him to pills that render him senseless at times. Yet, he's Kate's best hope of finding how the past and present are linked and putting an end to her own nightmare.
*** Seeing a hero with such severe problems is shocking, but this is also a compelling character. Frank puts a face on addiction that most of us never suspect exists. Combined with an action packed plot and deep emotional issues, this makes for a powerful novel. ***
Amanda Killgore
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Charlie Agutter is the popular designer of revolutionary ocean-going yachts. But when his brother is killed sailing one of his gleaming boats, everyone suspects the design is at fault - but Charlie knows better and sniffs sabotage. With so much money hanging on the forthcoming Captain's Cup race, it looks like someone has it in for Charlie. He must act fast to win back his good name and livelihood - not to mention the race
Customer Reviews:
Dick Francis for sailors.......2006-04-03
Sam Llewellyn's adult books are similar to Dick Francis' horse racing books with sailing as the setting. If you know a little about sailing and enjoy this type of fiction, you will enjoy these books. They are not as "fast" a read as Francis, but enjoyable.
Good book for anyone!.......2000-12-07
One dead and one paralyzed from a faulty steering system on their boat. The inventor is accused of causing the death of one and paralyzing another. The inventor of the fatal steering system tries to clear his name by declaring someone sabotaged the boat. But in the process of proving the act of malicious damage, he is brutally attacked by somebody. At the same time, while he is trying to clear his name he is trying to win the Captain's Cup trials boat race. This mystery novel is filled with double crossings. Dead Reckoning by Sam Llewellyn is a great mystery book for anyone to read. I think that the tittle contributed to the fact why I choose to read this book. For some odd reason I only paid attention to the title instead of reading what it was about. The title made me think about a mystery that would be interesting to read and packed with action. I would not change the title, since the title was what I thought is good. The book was interesting and had some action with its moments of slowness. At first, the author grabbed my interest and kept through the whole book so I could find out what happened. The book started out with action to pull someone who does not read books that often. What happened to the main character is what I think would happen to someone in real life. If somebody were to be blamed for something they did not do, the person's friends and even family would hate them. I think the author could have been trying to say people believe the first rumor they hear, without finding out the true facts about the situation. Out of all of the characters in Dead Reckoning, I would rather not be the main character, Charlie Agutter. Because he owned a business and had some friends but lost everything because he was thought to be the fault of the boating accident. I would not like the fact that if someone were to blame me for someone else's doings, I would lose everything that I have worked for. This work from Sam Llewellyn reminds me of real life. If someone wants to win a race and sees that someone invented something they do not have, they would sabotage the invention so they could win the race. One suggestion to the author of this work would be to not go into all of the details, since if someone were to write into something to deep, it makes the novel less readable. If the author of Dead Reckoning would have shortened the book and not go into so much detail, the book would have been more readable. But the book is still good. Overall, I think this book is a good book with its ups and downs. I think this book could have been better if the author had not gone into so much detail describing what was going on, which for someone, like me, who does not read many books would be boring. But the author saved his novel by making me want to find out the ending of the Dead Reckoning. This book even refers to the life of humans and how they act when they what to win. Even though the book has its moments of slowness, if is a very good book for someone that likes mystery books to read. I found that it kept making me, a person that falls into the non-reader category read so I could figure out the ending.
Book Description
After a botched confidence scam, swindler Dee Hassard begins a killing spree that covers half of the Colorado Territory. His first victim is the brother of rustler-turned-preacher Carrol Moncrief. Now Carrol must fall back on his former outlaw savvy to track the murderer down.As the manhunt drifts mysteriously toward a legendary wilderness landmark known as the Mount of Snowy Cross, it embroils a number of men and women whose lives it will change forever. In the final reckoning, either the preacher or the killer must go to his dusty death.
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