法醫．屍體．解剖室：犯罪搜查216問─專業醫生解開神祕病態又稀奇古怪的醫學和鑑識問題

by D.P. Lyle

D. P. LYLE 「醫生在線」鑑識問答系列諸多懸疑、刺激、有趣、超乎想像、想問又說不出口的疑問全都在這一本裡！◆本書榮獲「安東尼獎」（Anthony Award）最佳評論類非小說、「阿嘉莎獎」（Agatha Award）最佳非小說，以及「愛倫坡獎」（Edgar Awards）最佳犯罪實錄提名不論你現在有什麼煩惱，萊爾醫生的這本書提供了完美的黑暗與愉快處方。——李．戈德伯格（Lee Goldberg），作家、美國人氣影集編劇請問醫生：◎一個人腦袋瓜中槍後，真有可能完全沒出現腦傷，卻出現記憶受損的情況嗎？◎被人用鏟子擊打會受到哪些傷害？◎法醫能不能看出被害人生前曾跌落樓梯？◎犯案時戴的手套會不會留下指紋？ ◎凶手以勒頸的方式殺人要多久才會致人於死？◎怎樣做才能完全毀屍滅跡？不管是應劇情轉折需要，還是老掉牙的安排，為什麼好看的書，好看的戲，常常有人受傷、有人死？這次就以他們為主題好好研究，增進一些醫學常識吧！作者道格拉斯．萊爾是位專業醫生，也是小說家、編劇家。書中除了分析案例外，也將他與知名影集如《CSI犯罪現場：邁阿密》、《怪醫豪斯》、《神經妙探》等編劇一同工作的經驗納入其中，分享創作時，如何讓不具醫學背景的讀者或觀眾能快速融入劇情中。萊爾醫生由衷希

Genres: Writing, Nonfiction, Science, Reference, Crime, Ebooks, True Crime

368 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

DP Lyle, MD is the Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Silver Award winning and Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, Scribe, Silver Falchion, and USA Best Book Award nominated author of many non-fiction books as well as numerous works of fiction.

He has worked with many novelists and with the writers of popular television shows such as Law & Order, CSI: Miami, Diagnosis Murder, Monk, House, Medium, and Pretty Little Liars and others

For the past 35 years, he has practiced Cardiology in Orange County, California. He is the co-host, along with Jan Burke, of Crime and Science Radio, a twice-monthly program on Suspense Radio.

Reviews

[RMN · Rating 3 out of 5]

จะอ่านเล่มนี้ให้สนุกได้คงต้องมีความสนใจในเรื่องนี้อยู่พอสมควรเลย เพราะเป็นการรวบรวมคำถาม-คำตอบระหว่างนักเขียนกับผู้เชี่ยวชาญทางด้านนิติเวช ในเรื่องความเป็นไปได้ของซีนฆาตกรรม/ซีนอุบัติเหตุเพื่อให้งานเขียนในจินตนาการนั้นๆ มีความเป็นไปได้และสมเหตุสมผล คำตอบส่วนใหญ่จะเป็นแนวๆ กึ่งวิชาการ ไม่ได้ยากต่อการทำความเข้าใจแต่ก็คิดว่าเหมาะกับคนที่สนใจแนวๆ ฆาตกรรมสืบสวนสอบสวนพอสมควร ไม่อย่างนั้นอ่านๆ ไปคงมีหลับแน่ๆ เพราะรูปแบบการเล่าเรื่องแบบ Q&A มันค่อนข้างน่าเบื่ออยู่เหมือนกัน

ถ้าใครเรียนสายวิทย์หรือชอบดูซีรีส์แนวๆ CSI/Criminal Minds คิดวาคงอ่านเล่มนี้ได้เร็วอยู่ เพราะน่าจะมีความคุ้นเคยกับคำตอบที่ได้พอสมควร หรือถ้านักเขียนคนไหนที่ชอบเขียนแนวๆ นี้ ก็น่าจะเก็บข้อมูลเอาไปใช้ได้

หลายคำถาม-คำตอบน่าสนใจมาก บางคำถามก็ตลกแบบว่า...คิดได้ไง โคตรไม่เมคเซ้นส์เอาซะเลย อ่านได้เพลินๆ อยู่นะ แต่ก็ไม่ได้สนุกมากจนถึงกับต้องอ่านรวดเดียวจบ

[Spook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great content but the format (questions and their replies) made it repetitive at times and hard to keep reading. Similar questions with similar answers could have been combined rather than repeated.

[Seamonkey · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Yaaresse · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure which is creepiest: the questions asked and how some people's minds work, that the author was able to answer in such detail, or the potential for this information to be used for far more nefarious purposes than a plot point.

Ok. Right. The third one. Definitely the most creepy to think about.

I've always been a little fascinated by forensics as a science. Chalk it up to an early job with much exposure to labs and lots of slides of human body parts. So that was my reason for checking out this book. It was interesting, but tends to get repetitive after a while. Seems a lot of authors are enthralled with the idea of decapitation and doing things to corpses to try to mislead the medical examiners. Even more seem to think M.E.s have a lot more time and budget than is realistic.

And the author of the Monk series really should be giving Mr. Lyle at least partial credit for writing his books because there were more than a dozen questions in this book just from that one author.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

D.P. Lyle does it again, with a reference book that is an entertaining and enlightening read as well as a useful resource to mystery and suspense authors. After reading More Forensics and Fiction, I immediately made fixes to two mystery manuscripts I was working on. Also, I found the insights into the mental processes of other crime fiction authors and screen writers to be fascinating. More Forensics and Fiction is an important addition to my reference shelf.

-- Beth Groundwater, author of the Claire Hanover gift basket designer and the RM Outdoor Adventures mystery series

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read an advance readers copy of this book. It was very interesting, in a morbid sort of way. Certainly would be useful to writers, or if you are planning on murdering someone.

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Around the Year in 52 Books 2018 Reading Challenge. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand Master Author.

D. P. Lyle is a medical doctor and consultant to several TV crime/medical dramas. In this book, he answers questions from mystery writers about decaying bodies, weapons, poisons, and more related to murder mysteries. I did not care for the format of this book. The author is obviously knowledgeable, however, he did make one glaring error. The plural of genus is NOT genuses; it is genera. Also, I am not certain about the taxonomic rules in zoology, but I do know that in botany one is not permitted to name a new species after oneself though it is permissible to name it after someone else. The book is rather gruesome.

[Karn Moonsri · Rating 2 out of 5]

รีวิวหนังสือ More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers’ Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered โดย D.P. Lyle หนังสือเล่มนี้เล่าเรื่องในรูปแบบถาม–ตอบครับ เป็นการตอบคำถามแปลก ๆ จากนักเขียนนวนิยายแนวอาชญากรรม โดยมีคุณหมอ D.P. Lyle เป็นคนให้คำตอบครับ ผมมีโอกาสได้ลองอ่านดู รู้สึกว่ามันไม่ใช่หนังสือสำหรับทุกคน แต่ถ้าคุณเป็นนักเขียนหรือนักอ่านแนวสืบสวนหรือสนใจเรื่องการวิเคราะห์สาเหตุการเสียชีวิต หนังสือเล่มนี้น่าจะช่วยจุดไอเดียได้เยอะเลยครับหรืออาจจะช่วยเดาตัวคนร้ายได้เลยทีเดียว ส่วนตัวผมไม่ใช่สายสุขภาพ อ่านยากไม่ค่อยเลยทำให้ไม่ค่อยสนุกเท่าไร แต่ถ้าคุณอยู่ในแวดวงนั้น น่าจะอินกว่าผมครับ

[LiN · Rating 3 out of 5]

กว่าจะจบ...

คู่มือนักเขียนนิยายสืบสวนสอบสวน ที่นักอ่านก็น่าจะอ่านดี เป็นลักษณะถามมา - ตอบไป บางคำถามก็น่าสนใจไม่น้อย บางคำถามก็พิสดารขนาดพบได้แค่ในนิยายเท่านั้น หรือแบบตอบข้อสงสัย อาการเจ็บป่วยง่าย ๆ ก็มี พาร์ทการทำงานของเจ้าหน้าที่สืบสวน และชันสูตรน่ะน่าจะอ่านง่าย (ในแง่ของความเพลิดเพลิน) สุดแล้ว ภาษาในเล่มไม่ค่อยยาก แต่มันค่อนข้างเนือย อ่านต่อกันนาน ๆ ไม่ไหว

[Kamons · Rating 3 out of 5]

หนังสือที่เป็นลักษณะถาม-ตอบ อ่านรวดเดียวจบไม่ไหว เพราะมันจะน่าเบื่อมาก หมวด 03 ว่าด้วยการปฏิบัติหน้าที่ของตำรวจฯ และหมวด 04 เจ้าหน้าที่ชันสูตรพลิกศพและการชันสูตรพลิกศพ เป็นหมวดที่อ่านแล้วสนุกกับรู้เรื่องที่สุดแล้วเพราะพบเจอได้ในนิยายและซีรีส์สืบสวนบ่อยๆ

[Stephen Terrell · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you are a writer -- or just really curious about crime scene forensics -- this is the book for you.

D.P. Lyle, MD takes on the fascinating, odd and sometimes morbid questions of writers trying to come up with ingenious ways to kill off victims and bad guys in their mysteries and thrillers. What medicines can kill someone without a trace? What type of injuries in a car accident can leave a person debilitated for a week without permanent injury? How long can fingerprints last on a body?

This book is written in Q&A format. It never drags down in medical jargon. It's well-written and an easy read, with more than a bit of humor.

This is a MUST HAVE book for everyone who writes or enjoys mysteries, thrillers and police procedurals.

[Tohkittipong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Forensic and Fiction ฆาตกรรมชำนาญ
เคยสงสัยบ้างไหมว่านักเขียนนิยายแนวฆาตกรรมสยองขวัญต่างๆ บรรยายฉากที่มีรายละเอียดซับซ้อนสมจริงแบบไร้ช่องโหว่ได้อย่างไร หรือพวกนักเขียนเหล่านั้นจะเคยเห็นเหตุการณ์จริงมาก่อน หรือจะได้คำแนะนำจากฆาตกรมืออาชีพก็คงไม่ใช่อีกนั้นแหละ ด้วยเหตุนี้ตำแหน่งนายแพทย์ที่ปรึกษาด้านการเขียนบท จึงเกิดขึ้น

หนังสือเล่มนี้เขียนโดยนายแพทย์ ดี.พี. ไลล์ โดยรวบรวมทุกข้อสงสัยของเหล่านักเขียนเกี่ยวกับข้อมูลทางการแพทย์ รายละเอียดของตัวละครที่ประสบเหตุการณ์ถูกทารุณ โดนฆ่าตาย โดนวางยาพิษ และอีกมากมายทั้งแบบธรรมชาติและวิปริตพิสดารต่างๆ นอกจากนี้คุณหมอคนนี้ยังเป็นที่ปรึกษาให้กับผู้เขียนบทซีรี่ย์ชื่อดังอย่าง Law & Order CSI: Miami และ House M.D. อีกด้วย

[Phuwarin · Rating 4 out of 5]

อ่านจบซะที~
เป็นหนังสือที่หนาจนไม่สะดวกพกไปอ่านข้างนอก ก็เลยไว้ที่หัวเตียง อ่านก่อนนอนอย่างเดียว
จริง ๆ มันได้ความรู้เยอะนะ แต่พอกลับจากที่ทำงานแนะอ่านก่อนนอน มันก็ง่วงไง เลยอ่านได้น้อยมาก
สรุปคือ ใครชอบอะไรที่นิติเวช ๆ ก็อ่านเอาความรู้ก็แนะนำเลยฮะ 👍

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating book in a bit of a scary way. Glad there is a disclaimer at the start as I could imagine this book being used in rather dubious ways in the wrong hands.

[june · Rating 3 out of 5]

這本書與眾不同，它所寫的是是讀者對於醫學的疑問，它令所有不具有醫學背景的讀者或觀眾能快速融入劇情裏面，他還引入很多不同的案例來給讀者說明的疑惑，其中讓我感到興趣是犯人的犯罪手法和導致受害者死的原因，這些的解答是在網上，百科書裏面都沒有出現過，這也是書吸引的地方。

[Yi An · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brilliant book of answers. It's just the abundant terminologies that hindered me focusing...

[Wesley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Filled with wonderfully bizarre and obscure information that was somehow also really useful. At this point I think I would read anything this dude wrote.

[Bev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting, but best to read just one or two questions at a time. Lots of repeating things.

[Karen Lovett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating questions and answers For crime fiction and nonfiction.

[Douglas Sandler · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a OK book. It did not help me with my style of writing and subject matter, If I had to do it over I would not have purchased it

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating and sometimes disturbing. What I really got out of this was a good lesson in anatomy. This may be a book to help mystery writers know how to commit and solve crimes, but it also teaches how parts of the body work and why they quit working. I also know why autopsies take so long (huge back log in coroners' office and lack of money.)
Read this if you want to know how to kill your fictional characters (hopefully it's only fictional people you want to kill.) Or read it because you occasionally like to be grossed out. I enjoyed it because it's good to know how brains, hearts, and lungs work and why it's a good idea to keep them working...unless you're a mystery writer where you have to kill somebody in every book. There are all kinds of ways to do it, but really, you have to wonder what goes through writers' minds when they come up with some of the weirder, grosser, more bizarre stuff. Swallowing razor blades? Really?

[Dane MacPhail · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are three books by this author, all covering similar subjects. They are very well organized and it's very obvious that the author takes an interest in the writer's questions, providing great feedback and even encouragement. Other than the fact that the three books tend to repeat some of the topics, I would definitely recommend these to any writer who wants to create credible mysteries and thrillers.

[Starr Gardinier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Attention authors and morbidly curious readers! This is a (forgive the cliché) must-have. I own a few other forensics books by Lyle. I love those and am now adding this newest one to the forensic family on my bookshelf.

First, broaden your minds. The questions asked and answered in Lyle’s newest are not just typical how-tos. For example, who would have thought to ask: ‘Can injected alcohol kill an already intoxicated person?’ Here are few others I’ll share as proof positive of the ‘morbidly curious’: ‘Can beach sand be used to connect a killer to his crime?’ ‘What substance available in 1924 would prevent blood clotting?’ ‘Before the invention of the stethoscope, how did a physician determine if someone was dead?’ (Please don’t tell me they guessed!) ‘Could DNA from spontaneously combusted vampires reveal their age?’

What blows me away is not just the questions asked. It is also that Lyle is able to not only answer them but do so intelligently and very thoroughly. He gives examples and ideas, depending upon how it’s being used in the author’s story. If you need to know how to make something “forensically-fictionally correct,” (adverb on adverb-cringe here!) Lyle is definitely the one to go to.
As an author, this book is a very valuable resource, as are his other forensic books and Lyle himself. 8 STARS.

Reviewed by Starr Gardinier Reina, author of “One Major Mistake”

[Nostalgia Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

A must-read for any mystery/crime/thriller writers or their readers who'd just like to know more about the fascinatingly morbid sorts of things that go on in those books.

Since I read this straight through, it might have lost some interestingness for me, since many of the answers were a bit repetitive, especially when similar questions were grouped together. However, it was still interesting, I learned a lot (some I enjoyed learning, others I didn't really *want* to learn...), and the information is great for if you need a quick reference for a specific sort of event or crime. If you read it all the way through, it's best taken in small doses, so you don't get bored from any possible repetition of information (important information nonetheless, but usually best if you're just referencing one question at a time).

[Debbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

mystery writers (books and tv/screen) need to know how bodies look after drowning, car accidents, poisoning, chopped up, etc. ..rotting in freezers, trunks, graves, caves, under floors in wall...coma victims, accident victims, all round murder..

how to hide a murder, how to discover a murder - what were autopsies like in the past, like now, what tests are done on a body to find drugs, drowning, sex, age, etc -

here's a few examples - "what injuries can result from depleted uranium bullets?" or "what types of injuries would occur if a woman was strangled by a cello string?" or "will snake venom injected into fruit cause death?"

You can't just read it all at once but it's a great book to dip into until completed.

[Mel Rose (Savvy Rose Reads) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disclaimer: Technically I did not finish this book. I got about halfway through, started other things, and left it behind, but honestly that's okay, because this book is truly and primarily a reference book. It can certainly be read as a morbidly fun nonfiction guide to gore, but it's best taken in small shots or referenced as needed for mystery writers or fans of the genre who just want to know how something works or happens scientifically/medically when it comes to death and other wonderfully gruesome things. While it got a tad boring in parts, which is one of the reasons I didn't finish it, all in all this was a great and super helpful reference, and a must own for any crime writer or fan.

[Kb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not sure if it's weird to classify this as a fun read, but for me it was. The book is written in a Q & A format, describing all kinds of different (mostly) murder scenarios from a medical perspective. It was as interesting to see the identities of some of the questioners as it was to read the expert answers to the questions asked. The only drawbacks were the similarity in a lot of the answers (some things, like the 12-12-12 rule for rigor mortis, got repetitive after a while), and the few cases where the scenario was not something I wanted to read about, like what happens to a person who is forced to swallow razor blades.

If you like mystery and crime fiction -- either in books or on shows like CSI or Bones -- you will probably enjoy reading this.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting book about ways of being killed or killing someone in the names from those who want to write detective stories/murderers minds/vampires...Lyle has briefly discussed 216 cases on how a person could be killed or how he or she felt during the trauma process..such as it takes about few minutes to be choked to death if a person decides to hang himself...or how a person turn into rotten state by the rule of 12/12/12...etc..interesting book also include the old ways of treating wounds or traumas..worth the half day read!

[Kathrynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a neat book! Filled with how to write logical crime scenes and written by a medical doctor! Various authors have written and explain what they want to write about and ask a question. The author replies with the best method(s) that are believable. He even provides suggestions and alternative ideas. P.J. Parrish and a few other authors that I recognized were in this book.

Nicely written and easy to look up stuff. Questions range from present day "stuff" to historical questions like how was something tested in 1812? Will teeth remain in the skull after 20 years?

[Rie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a very practical book full of interesting medical questions and information that you may come across when you read or write fiction related to injuries and death. I learned a lot and got a somewhat basic knowledge of cases which I didn't know until I read it. It's a lot of information so it will take you a little while to finish. I think it's a must-have for people who love detective fiction, whether you just love reading that genre or planning to write it, it will come in handy and probably inspires you.