"Including inaccurate information about weapons can kill your story before a potential publisher has even finished reading your manuscript. Today's readers of mysteries, thrillers, action/adventure, westerns, true crime, police procedurals, and romantic suspense are better informed about weapons than ever before. If you think you can slip one past these readers, you're wrong. Dead wrong. You don't have to be a 'gun buff' to need this book. If you...

This book takes you inside not only police investigations, but also the day-to-day world of police work. You'll learn how police officers work, when they work, what they wear, who they report to, and generally how they go about the business of controlling and investigating crime.

Explores the fact and fiction of who criminals are, why they commit their atrocities, how they choose their victims, and how the police catch them.

When your fiction calls for a character to get hurt and live to tell about it, this book is the prescription. Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed by accident or intent. You'll learn about agonizing injuries and the small window of opportunity for emergency treatment. Use these facts and bring a new realism to your stories and novels. Dr. David W. Page, a surgeon and trauma expert, takes you in close to reveal the four...

"With alphabetical organization and appendices that cross-reference by symptoms, form, administration, and other methods, you'll be able to find the perfect poisons to fit the plot of your crime and mystery stories. Plus, a glossary of medical terms makes decoding symptoms and treatments easy for the writer with no medical background."--BOOK JACKET