This book is kind of a career memoir of a policeman turned blood spatter expert, detailing the evolution of his career and how blood at a crime scene went from being a mess to providing precious additional information when it was documented, studied, and analyzed carefully.Īnybody hoping to get a detailed course on analyzing blood spatter may be disappointed since it only covers the basics of low, medium, and high velocity blood spatter, cast off blood spatter, and why people who cause bloody crimes aren't always covered in blood themselves.

This has nothing to do with my praising his book but I thought the reader should know/wanted an opportunity to brag.)Īnyone whose eyes light up at the title of this book will thoroughly enjoy it. (After I read this book, glancing through his notes, I discovered the author had cited my own website, a missing persons database called the Charley Project, as a reference for his discussion of the Rolf Neslund case. Though seeing the word 'blood' over and over, with descriptions of how it sprayed and splashed and dripped and dribbled, may turn a few stomachs. People who are interested in CSI-type shows and books will enjoy this. Englert strikes the right balance between being informative and being accessible the reader learns about blood spatter evidence without being overwhelmed by technical details and jargon. The author tells the story of how he started off as a Texas farm boy and wound up becoming one of that world's premier blood spatter experts, and recounts some of the many memorable cases he's been involved in (among them the OJ Simpson trial). A pretty decent combination career memoir/true crime book.

Blood secrets by rod englert