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Œuvres de Kirby Dick
The Hunting Ground: The Inside Story of Sexual Assault on American College Campuses (2015) 30 exemplaires
The Sweeney: The First Sixty Years of Scotland Yard's Crimebusting Flying Squad, 1919–1978 (2019) 2 exemplaires
Chain Camera 1 exemplaire
Missing Presumed Murdered: The McKay Case and Other Convictions without a Corpse (2022) 1 exemplaire
Iron Weed Film Club: No. 15 This Film Is Not Yet Rated / Walleyball / The Competition / How to: Poke Pole a Monkey… 1 exemplaire
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- Nom canonique
- Dick, Kirby
- Sexe
- male
- Professions
- film producer
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 16
- Membres
- 128
- Popularité
- #157,245
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 35
On the positive side, each case is presented in detail so you can understand what (likely) happened as well as how the investigation went. Since all of the cases have the lack of a body as a common denominator they are all unusual and seem to include some of the oddest criminals and police.
As for Kirby's writing, I have two issues. One is simply that it was a very dry delivery. Maybe a step above a standard police report but well below even the newest crime beat reporter. The other issue I have is with Kirby himself. I have to question anyone, especially a former member of law enforcement, who bemoans the idea that the police should be held to ethical standards when investigating. Makes me wonder just how many unethical things he did in his "illustrious" career. Granted, this is more about lack of confidence in the writer than about the writing itself, but since the writing did nothing to make me budge, I stand by it. That said, this is the rare snoozer from Pen & Sword who usually, even when I don't care for the author, publishes books that keep my interest whether I'm in agreement or not.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (plus d'informations)