A review by octavia_cade
Mortal Wounds by Max Allan Collins

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

I read and reviewed each of the three novels collected here separately, so this is basically just for my own records. They were all three star reads for me; I liked the focus on science. I can't say that I've ever had a yearning for a career in forensics myself - as a scientist, I have occasional daydreams about being a different sort of scientist (an archaeologist, maybe, or an astronomer) - but when it comes to dead bodies, I prefer to read about other people dealing with them. It's entertaining because I don't have to do it.

I read the book because I'm a fan of the tv series and I've been rewatching it lately. I can't say that I've ever considered Grissom's smile to be "angelic" before, however - Collins clearly thinks it is, though, because that descriptor gets used a lot. And now I'm paranoid about repeated descriptions in my own work...