John Houde - Forensics, Suspense
A retired criminalist from Ventura, California, John Houde is the author of the
award-winning book Crime Lab: A Guide for Nonscientists (2006). The book
describes the analysis of evidence gathered at crime scenes, and explains
complex instruments such as the gas chromatograph and techniques like DNA
amplification in easy-to-understand terms. A wealth of color illustrations
accompany the text. An enthusiastic reader says about Houde's book:
"Fear not, science-phobes, for a fun-to-read, exceptionally
well-illustrated comprehensive book on what goes on inside a crime lab has
finally been published." Houde's latest work is The Criminalist:
A Novel of Forensic Science Suspense (2016). The book takes readers
on an intricately woven adventure of truth and lies as Paul Connert, your
everyday forensic scientist, joins forces with a beautiful and desperate
Russian model in order to combat crime. "I couldn't read John's novel fast
enough to keep up with all the twists and turns leading toward a pulse-pounding
finish." (Raymond Davis, author).
