Death as a Living: Investigating Murder in the American Heartland

1) AUTHOR DOYLE BURKE IS AN EXPERT IN HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION: Burke served twenty years as a detective, followed by working as a coroner's office investigator. There is little he hasn't seen and shares it all in his memoir.

2) CO-AUTHOR LOU GRIECO IS A SEASONED JOURNALIST WITH A BACKGROUND IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: A gifted storyteller, Grieco originally covered many of the cases discussed in the book, whether the homicides themselves or the accompanying trials.

3) FOR FANS OF TRUE CRIME: There are dozens of fascinating stories in this book-some funny, some disturbing, all compelling.

4) FOR FANS OF MEMOIR: This it the story of an ordinary man doing extraordinary work, how the job changed along the way, and how the job changed him-if you want to know why cops do what they do, the answers are here.