By Gayle Carline One of the nice things about writing genre fiction is that there are organizations that celebrate practically each gen...

by Tom Adair author of the 2012 Crime Thriller The Scent of Fear. As a former CSI I tried to understand how the criminal thinks. It's ...

Chain of Custody is is a legal definition that many people outside the law don't understand. I see it commonly misrepresented in print a...

by Tom Adair author of The Scent of Fear (2012) One of the most interesting observations I have made in the courtroom is what passes for...

A few days ago a young student contacted me about a paper she was writing. What is a day in the life of a CSI like? It was an excellent ques...

Each post, I try to demystify some aspect of forensics or crime scene investigations as it relates to crime writers. Recently I was reminde...

A lot of people believe that victims are identified by family or friends. We've all seen the movie scene where the mother, brother, or ...

 A hit man just wouldn't be hit man without a silenced firearm. But, silencers (technically referred to as suppressors) affect only one ...

by Tom Adair Invisible inks have been around for centuries; used by good and bad forces alike. Spies use them to report home and prisoners...

By Tom Adair; author of The Scent of Fear I get a lot of questions from folks regarding dog searches so I figured today would be a good d...

Guest blog by Jon Jefferson, the writer half of bestselling crime-fiction duo Jefferson Bass Forensic fans are cut from a different cl...

By Tom Adair; Author of The Scent of Fear Criminalists are a strange bunch. We see the world differently than most others. Early in your ...

Criminals generally steal cars for one of two reasons; chopping or driving. Cars destined for the chop shop don't stay on the road long ...

by Tom Adair, thriller author and forensic scientist As an undergrad I studied cultural anthropology and it made me a better criminalist...

By Gayle Carline When I look around at the writers in this blog, I am impressed by their professionalism and dedication to their writin...

By guest blogger D.P. Lyle, author, doctor, and forensics expert ( The Writer's Forensics Blog ) If you write crime fiction in any ge...