I loved this book! I loved getting the inside scoop on life behind the yellow tape we normally don't get to see. It was easy to stay in the story since each chapter is a new crime. I loved the anecdotes that were added in to make it more personable. Det. Steiger's take on the blue life is amazing, heartwarming, at times heartbreaking, and honest. I would definitely read this again.

Like many police memoirs Steiger follows the common trope of writing bite size vignettes of cases he has dealt with. Some of the murders in themselves would be worthy of an entire book but, as he has a lot of years of homicide work to cover, he condenses these down into very summarised tales.

The book can be ripped through quite quickly and his writing style is straightforward and skilful, it certainly keeps you gripped and makes you want to read more.

Steiger only covers solved murders in this book but I would have liked to read about some of his unsolved cases.

An interesting read with the right mixture of world-weary-seen-it-all cop talk, forensics, intuition, fickle human behaviour and the inexplicabe to make you want to stick this until the end.

A decent read, dont expect deep insight if you have read this type of book before but the cases covered are interesting in themselves.

Cloyd Steiger shares his 36 years being a police officer and detective in Seattle, Washington. He's had a long career in homicide and this stories are mind blowing. Mr. Steiger solves cases from people killing for drugs etc. People who kill their loved ones, strangers and some killers have no remorse. I love true crime, Mr. Steiger has a great writing style that reminds me of Anne Rule and Corey Mitchell but in a shorter version. I also like his ego as he should have a giant one the way he solved these cases. I felt bad for the times he had been woken up in the wee hours of the morning to go investigate a new murder and then not let sleep get in the way of trying to solve the case and then go after the bad guy. It's a shame he retired we really need more detectives like him. He is very good at what he does. He links things together and really cares about the victim.

I would read more by Mr. Steiger.
The pictures are a nice touch so we know who he is talking about.

thank you Net Galley and BooksgoSocial for a copy of the kindle version.

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Cherie'

Fascinating read. It was interesting reading about all the different cases and how they were solved. This is an honest down to earth account of what it is like to work as a homicide detective.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I looked at some previous reviews before writing mine, and I agree with many of them. This book definitely feels as if you are reading thoughts and stories told by a real cop; someone who has seen a lot of bad things, and met a lot of bad people. And I really appreciated that element of this book.

What didn’t work quite so well for me was the actual stories that he told. I think everyone has this experience-you are married to someone, or friends with someone and you ask about their day. They share a story about something interesting that happened to them that day, and you both enjoy the story because you understand how one particular person acted like a buffoon, the way they always do, or because someone whom you haven’t thought about in a while is involved in the story, and hearing their name reminds you of the last time you spent an evening hanging out with that person.

I think that is one of the pleasures of spending time with friends and family, but if you had a complete stranger listening to the same conversation, there might not be much of interest in the discussion. And I felt like that stranger as I read this book. I mean no offense whatsoever to the relatives and loved ones of any of the victims, but to an unrelated outsider, none of these stories struck me as particularly worth retelling. I enjoyed the recounting of them in the moment as I read them, but have no strong memory of any of them the day after I finished the book.

So for me, personally, this book was a pleasant enough read, but nothing special.

I received an advanced reading copy from the publisher via NetGalley. Thanks!

SInce I am from Seattle, I like to read about the town, as I thought it was many years ago when I was there, to the city it is now. Familiar names and places with unfamiliar kinds of people and things going on.

The author's voice is a pleasure to read. I have no idea what this guy looks or sounds like, but I can almost hear him with some of the comments he makes. In real life he must be some kind of comedian as his timing is excellent.

There is a gritty ugliness to murder the fiction stories gloss over. Their purpose is to use murder as part of a plot, not a banal and often senseless act that sends ripples through families. As unpleasant as it must be to confront this every day as a job, it is helpful to see what a real murder looks like.

I like this book and believe it will make me a better watcher of current events to really understand this crime.
Converstational and accessible, a good read about a bad -but inevitable, it seems- subject.

A rather insightless, linear description of the many homicides investigated by the author who sometimes shows a disregard for how things should be done according to actual. um, procedural because he seems rather invested in an image of himself as Starsky. Regulations might be asses but you don't get to rewrite them as and when you please.

Fascinating book , although it is cringe-worthy at times. Some are a bit comical, but done in a professional manner. Nice book!

Thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free, it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.

I found this to be an eminently interesting book of murder cases put together by a veteran homicide detective from the state of Washington who shares many of his more strange and fascinating cases during his time on the job. Told with a panache that brings to mind Joe Kenda, a favorite of many readers for his droll delivery style and witty way of telling a horror story that's all too true. This was hard to put down just like any good crime book, as you want to find out what’s coming next, or 'who done it.' All of the good stuff in true crime reading from real case files all over Seattle and surrounding areas of Washington.

It shows the real dedication that detectives have when they are putting in their years on the job, all of the time spent away from family, missed sleep, dogged determination when on a hot case. They mainly work for the victims, which includes the family members who are left behind and they are ever mindful that they are waiting to find out who was responsible for their loved one's death, whether it takes days or decades. It's pretty incredible stuff they do, dealing with death all the time and chasing killers. Figuring out how to get them to talk. There are some pretty interesting cases in this book and I found it a good read that I would recommend. My thanks for the advance electronic copy that was provided by NetGalley, author Cloyd Steiger, and the publisher for my fair review.

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Pub: Feb. 16th, 2018

I enjoyed this true crime read! It was as thought I was reading Steigers police notebooks including all the gritty details! This had made me want to Google the crimes for more information