Howdunit: How Crimes are Committed and Solved

Howdunit: How Crimes are Committed and Solved

by JohnBoertlein (Editor)

Synopsis

The ultimate reference on the dark world of criminals and those who oppose them! Readers will learn how crimes are plotted, committed, investigated and solved. This hefty reference includes chapters from nine of the books in the "Howdunit" crime series, as well as thirteen new chapters on key topics, such as property crime, gangs and the drug trade. Boertlein also offers a huge glossary of crime words and phrases, plenty of photographs, and new chapter sections that give writers the sensory details and real-life perspective they need to write not only accurately, but vividly about crime. In the final section of the book, readers will find prompts and advice to guide them in plotting, committing and solving their own fictional crimes. They can create floor plans of crime scenes, follow leads and catch their criminals. Using the information in this book - and any other Howdunits they own - readers can put what they've learned into action and on the page.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 404
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Published: 01 Mar 2001

ISBN 10: 1582970157
ISBN 13: 9781582970158

Author Bio
John Boertlein has been in law enforcement for twenty years, serving as a police officer, undercover officer, and investigator for the police forces in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. He has taught at the Ohio Police Academy and worked as a police recruiter. He has also written technical and procedural documents for the Cincinnati Police Division.