Books Suggested By Our Guests

James Scott Bell:  One good resource from a Writers Digest Books is called Order in the Court. It's a basic primer on the legal system. You can use that to formulate intelligent questions to ask a lawyer.

 Conflict, Action & Suspense. William Noble.  Writer's Digest Books

The Writer's Complete Crime Reference Book. Martin Roth. Writer's Digest Books.

A Murder: From Chalk Outline to the Execution Chamber. Greg Fallis. Evans & Co.

The Illustrated Book of Guns. David Miller. Salamander Books Ltd.

Plot & Structure. James Scott Bell. Writer's Digest Books

Story. Robert McKee. ReganBooks, Harper Collins.

Candice’s Resource Book List

WARNING: SOME OF THESE BOOKS MIGHT BE OFFENSIVE TO YOU! If you’re sensitive or don’t feel you want gory details, than stick to the Writer’s Digest books and the Dummies and Idiot’s Guide books. Also True Blue by Lynda Cooper and When You’re the Only Cop in Town are great writer’s resources and not offensive. Some of the other books are scary. Some contain language that Christians could find objectionable. And some are a bit gory—the forensic textbook, for example.

Anything crime by Writer’s Digest. Many of these are basic and are good jumping off points from which you can formulate more detailed questions and go deeper into research.

True Blue, by Lynda Sue Cooper (Great Book for writers!)

When You’re the Only Cop in Town, by Jack Berry and Debra Dixon  (GREAT BOOK!!!)

Forensics for Dummies

The Idiot’s Guide to Criminal Investigation

Crime Scene, by Larry Ragle

Dead Men Do Tell Tales, by William R. Maples, Ph.D.

Anything by John Douglas. I have them all, including Mindhunter, Journey Into Darkness, and The Anatomy of Motive.

The Evil that Men Do, by Roy Hazelwood, Stephen G. Michaud

Homicide (A Year on the Killing Streets) by David Simon

Homicide Special, by Miles Corwin

Cops, by Mark Baker

What Cops Know and Pure Cop, by Connie Fletcher.

How to Try a Murder (The Handbook for Armchair Lawyers), by Michael Kurland

Textbooks:

Criminal Justice, Police Administration, Criminal Law for Police Officers, Forensic Science (An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques), Practical Homicide Investigation Checklist and Field Guide, by Vernon J. Geberth.