Howdunit: Book of Poisons
A Guide for Writers
by Serita Stevens and Anne Bannon
If
the writing project closest to your heart is that murder mystery
that you have started, but you really don't want blood and gore
at the murder scene, you can kill off the victim with poison.
Here is everything you need to know to pull off the deed. In the
Howdunit: Book of Poisons, the first book in the new series, you
can find the information you need to make your novel or short
story compelling and realistic, whether you are a novice or veteran
writer. If you're the screenwriter of a show like Law
and Order, a crime novelist, or a short story author,
you'll find this book much more informative and useful than the
medical tomes you have been looking through.
There are chapters
that explain symptoms, administration, reaction time, and toxicity
levels of everything from the classic arsenic, cyanide and
strychnine to household poisons, deadly plants, insects, snakes,
medicine, industrial poisons, street drugs, chemical and biological
weapons, and much more.
A glossary
of medical terms with cross-reference makes research fast and
easy. Today's agents, editors, and readers easily spot inaccuracies
in a novel or short story submission, so you need to get your facts
straight before you send that manuscript in.
Serita Stevens
is an RN specializing in forensics who has studied poisons for many
years, and an award nominated author of 32 books. Anne Bannon is
a freelance journalist and contributing editor for Homeland
Protection Professional magazine. Her work has appeared in several
magazines and newspapers across the country. She is also the author
of the mystery novel, Tyger, Tyger.
If you need
to know how a villain would gain access to a poison, how to administer
it, and what the effects on the victim would be, this is the reference
to help you figure out all of the details of a good and proper
poisoning. You will need to know what the forensic specialists will
be looking for to determine the cause of death, and how your villain
can try to foil their efforts. You can trust the Writer's Digest
Howdunit series to give you accurate, detailed information
that is easy to use to make your novel or short story
compelling and realistic.
Now, back to
that murder plot I was cooking up... |
The
Book |
Writer's Digest Books |
January 2, 2007 |
Trade Paperback |
13:
978-1-58297-456-9
10:
1-58297-456-X
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The
Reviewer |
Beverly
J. Rowe |
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