"Scene of the Crime" provides an exciting opportunity to step into the shoes of a detective. The story begins with a piece of evidence - a diary of one of the suspects. Amanda is a teenage girl who talks about her friends, their new mobile phones and their lives at school. So why is she a suspect? Could she, or one of her friends, have murdered the man the police have found dead in the railway yard? What's the truth behind the murder? Through forensic evidence, CCTV footage, maps and interviews, the reader has to unravel the story, checking their findings at checkpoints throughout the book with the Crime File - a booklet containing the investigating team's notes on the crime. With all the checkpoints covered, the reader finally tracks down the killer. This is a brilliant forensic science book and a fantastic whodunnit.

 

This book is part of a book series called Scene Of the Crime .

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Pan Macmillan .

Malcolm Rose is an experienced children's author who has long been fascinated by the world of spies. His recent books include the thrilling Jordan Stryker series (Usborne Publishing), about a teenage special agent. Malcolm Rose was a lecturer in chemistry at the Open University. Now he is a full-time writer. Malcolm is the author of Kingfisher's 'TRACES: Luke Harding, Forensic Investigator' series for Kingfisher fiction, and has also written many books for Scholastic's 'Point Crime' series. In all these novels, forensic science is a key feature. Dave Hill graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1983. He has illustrated comic books for 2000 AD, Judge Dredd Megazine, Crisis, Manga Entertainment and Caliber Press USA, and worked as a concept artist in the video games industry. Dave became freelance in 2005.

This book has the following chapters: Book 1: Amanda's diary; Book 2: The case book; Book 3: The crime file.