Monday, August 07, 2006

CSI : Crime Scence Investigation : Secret Identity

Authors: Steven Grant, Gabriel Rodriguez, Steven Perkins

Publication: San Diego, CA : IDW Publishing

Pulication Date: 2005

ISBN: 1933239403

Pages: 122

Summary: When a tourist is found dead in a seedy motel, the CSI team is led to investigate his connection to a corpse they found at the site of an imploded casino. The case gets strange when the corpse turns out to be a man who is already dead and buried. The team must use a combination of science and creativity to solve the mystery.

Major Characters: Gil Grissom, Katherine Willows, Sarah Sidle, Warrick Brown, Nick Stokes

Comments: I found this book to be very entertaining. The full-colour panels were eye-catching and the drawings looked very much like their real-life models. The dialogue was also very well done. The writers did a great job of capturing the characters' personalities, and so they talk like they do on television. The only knock I would give to the book is that sometimes it is hard to follow the story. When there are flashbacks, or when the team is trying to imagine a sequence of events, the panels become distorted, and it is difficult to make out details. Still, fans of the tv show will love this book.

Genre: Sci-fi/Mystery (graphic novel format)

Age Level: 15+

Rating: 4/5

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