[.ca] Cold Burn (ISBN 0743444078)

I wouldn't say its good, but I wouldn't say its bad either:
Only a couple of complaints. 1. Most of the characters were pretty accurately described, except for Grissom. There were some faucets to his personality that I don't think Mr. Collins captured or were missing. To me in the book it seemed Grissom was a bit more outgoing and if you're as big of a fan of the show as I am and love the character as I do, you'll know that Gil Grissom is anything, but outgoing. 2. Being a proud Canadian I was incredibly delighted when I read the review and it said a Canadian CSI was going to help Grissom and Sara out. But that was short lived. As a poster on numerous American message boards I'm always on the receiving end of the never ending, extremely tiresome stereotype of the way Canadians talk. How we supposedly say aboot instead of about, we supposedly add "eh" to the end of every sentence. I don't talk like this, no one in my family does, none of my friends do, but for some reason Mr. Collins thought it would be comical if the Canadian CSI from Saskatchewan talked like this and made it a bit of a running joke. It got annoying and fast. I guess that's why the CDN CSI was an expert in snow tracking, what with all the snow we get up here, especially in July! Other than these and few other things, which would be spoilers if I mentioned them, so I won't. The book was great and it felt like I was watching the TV show.

Another Great CSI Adventure!:
When a park ranger discovers the naked body of a woman in the Lake Mead National Park, the Las Vegas CSI team is called in to investigate. With Grissom away at a convention, Catherine Willows heads up the unit to try and discover why this woman's body would be left in such a public place - as if someone wanted her to be found. Catherine, Warrick & Nick do not know who the Jane Doe is, but they know that she was suffocated and then frozen after she died so they have no idea how long ago she was killed. When they discover that she is Missy Sherman, the housewife who disappeared without a trace over a year ago, they try to sift through year-old clues, jog old memories and find some suspects. But, in the end, they are forced to rely on small bits of evidence to track down the killer... Meanwhile, in New York, Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle were lucky enough to make it to their hotel before a blizzard snowed them in. With the convention cancelled due to transportation issues, Grissom and Sara settle in to enjoy a weekend of rest when they stumble across the body of a man who has been shot and then set on fire in the snow. After a grueling stint guarding the body in the blizzard, a Canadian CSI teaches Sara and Grissom how to investigate clues in the snow. But with no backup and no crime lab to process the clues, Grissom has to use every bit of ingenuity he possesses to track down the killer before the blizzard ends and his killer is turned loose... I found this third book in the CSI series to be every bit as entertaining as the other books and the TV series. Collins does a great job at keeping the personalities of the TV characters consistent in the book and I can almost visualize how they would film the TV episode while I am reading. I enjoyed the Las Vegas plot with Catherine, Warrick & Nick more than the New York plot with Grissom & Sara, but it was interesting to find out how people process clues differently due to regional differences. If you enjoy the TV series you should enjoy the books - another great read by Collins!

I wouldn't say its good, but I wouldn't say its bad either:
Only a couple of complaints. 1. Most of the characters were pretty accurately described, except for Grissom. There were some faucets to his personality that I don't think Mr. Collins captured or were missing. To me in the book it seemed Grissom was a bit more outgoing and if you're as big of a fan of the show as I am and love the character as I do, you'll know that Gil Grissom is anything, but outgoing. 2. Being a proud Canadian I was incredibly delighted when I read the review and it said a Canadian CSI was going to help Grissom and Sara out. But that was short lived. As a poster on numerous American message boards I'm always on the receiving end of the never ending, extremely tiresome stereotype of the way Canadians talk. How we supposedly say aboot instead of about, we supposedly add "eh" to the end of every sentence. I don't talk like this, no one in my family does, none of my friends do, but for some reason Mr. Collins thought it would be comical if the Canadian CSI from Saskatchewan talked like this and made it a bit of a running joke. It got annoying and fast. I guess that's why the CDN CSI was an expert in snow tracking, what with all the snow we get up here, especially in July! Other than these and few other things, which would be spoilers if I mentioned them, so I won't. The book was great and it felt like I was watching the TV show.

Great read for fans of the CSI show....:
This book remained true to the characters and the storylines that make this show a hit. This book managed to hold my interest very well and I found myself unable to put it down, even when I felt my eyelids drooping from sleepiness. I would definitely reccomend this book to any fan of the show. Great book!

Fire the editor:
The plot was a little flat, but it does remind the reader of how the TV show is done. However, the editing was HORRIBLE! (In one case, the doctor tells Catherine to look at a body's right arm, then starts talking about the bruising on the left arm.) Maybe I would have liked this book better if I thought someone had read it before it went to the publisher.