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Seven Ways to Die

William Diehl

According to the Primer of Forensic Pathology, there are seven basic ways to die. In New York City a killer is on the loose armed with this knowledge and it is up to special investigator Micah Cody to stop them before the body count climbs higher. Learn More

INTRIGUING THRILLER!

by O_Lan

What a great read!

William Diehl was an extraordinarily gifted storyteller and his final thriller will not disappoint.

Bill introduces yet another fascinating protagonist in Micah Cody detailed and enigmatic in a way that only Bill Diehl can create a character! The members of his special task force are equally absorbing, (including Charley, the German Shepherd he rescues after 9-11), as they get caught up in a series of unnerving murders in New York City ... Nothing is as it seems!

William Diehl's Seven Ways to Die Along With Four Other Titles Launches exclusively on Barnesandnoble.com

New York Times bestselling author action-procedural writer William Diehl’s final novel, Seven Ways to Die, will launch exclusively on Barnesandnoble.com February 6, 2012 supported by a multi-pronged promotion. At the same time, four previous novels by Diehl, Thai Horse, Chameleon, Hooligans, and 27 will also become available on B&N.

On Diehl’s death in 2007, Atchity Entertainment, working with Cairo/Simpson Entertainment, took over the management of Diehl’s estate from William Morris by agreement with Diehl’s widow, Virginia Gunn. Diehl’s previous novels, including Primal Fear, Sharky’s Machine, Eureka, 27, and Hooligans were all New York Times bestsellers, “and we feel certain Seven Ways to Die will please Bill’s loyal readers just as much,” Atchity said.

Diehl had finished 412 pages of the draft, and AEI’s Ken Atchity, who had worked with Diehl and his screenwriting partner Michael A. Simpson for five years prior to his passing, completed the book based on a rough outline, notes, and chapter drafts found in the novelist’s computer. AEI’s Atchity & Chi-Li Wong are developing and producing Diehl’s Eureka with Danny Davids and Neil Canton; and Hooligans and Seven Ways with Judy Cairo and Michael Simpson’s Informant Media (“Crazy Heart,” “Hysteria,” “The Expatriate,” “Writers”).

Highly Recommended - you must check it out

I couldn't put this book down. It's the first Diehl thriller I've read, and I found it a gripping page turner, worthy of his reputation. I'm so sorry we lost him!

Devon Blaine

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NOOK First: Compelling Reads from Authors You Need to Know

Seven Ways to Die

William Diehl

According to the Primer of Forensic Pathology, there are seven basic ways to die. In New York City a killer is on the loose armed with this knowledge and it is up to special investigator Micah Cody to stop them before the body count climbs higher. Learn More

Ten Bizarre Ways To Die

by Charles W. Bryant

There are a lot of ways to die, and some are certainly more bizarre than others. Even natural causes like heart failure can be brought on by some pretty strange circumstances. So while a death certificate may read, "died while sleeping," the fine print might say, "after a satellite fell through the roof." Here's a list of ten bizarre ways to Die by Charles W. Bryant for How Stuff Works.com.


10. Death by Storm Drain

In 2008, a Canadian man died after attempting to retrieve his stolen wallet from a storm sewer drain. The wallet and some other personal items were stolen after the 57-year-old man left them at a gas station. He called police before finding the wallet in a nearby sewer drain. He tried unsuccessfully to reach it once before the police arrived and cautioned him not to try again. But the man came back later, removed the grate and gave it another shot. When an officer investigating the crime noticed the man's truck had returned, he went to check out the drain and found the man wedged headfirst several feet below the street. The victim was still alive at this point and remained so as firefighters used a tow truck to pull him from the drain. Sadly, he was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.

9. Death by Deoderant

In 1998, a 16-year-old boy in England passed away from a heart attack after being exposed to too many deodorant fumes. It seems that he was obsessed with personal hygiene and smelling fresh, so he'd spray his entire body with deodorant at least two times per day. An autopsy revealed that he had 10 times the lethal amount of butane and propane in his bloodstream. It turns out that the boy used the deodorant in a relatively confined space even though warning labels recommend using it in a well-ventilated area.


Want to Know What the other Eight Are? Read More Here

Check Out This Gorgeous Cover of the Dutch Edition of Sharky's Machine!

Pachinko is a Japanese pinball game played on a vertical board.   I see the connection.

Eyes of a first time reader

While I have been aware of William Diehl's impressive reputation as an author and the many readers who are fans of his books, this is my introduction to the writer. I enjoyed the book tremendously and felt that it was exactly what the book led me to expect and what the author was trying to accomplish. It’s well plotted, fast paced and very enjoyable with enough surprising details before the case is solved to keep the reader's interest. The thing that I appreciated about the story was the author's ability to add enough complexity so that even when the clues were sufficient to lead the reader in the general direction of the solution, you still wanted to learn how all the various threads were interrelated. This is a very fast read, and should be enjoyed by long time Diehl fans as well as first time readers such as myself. The details and relationships of the characters are as important to keeping your interest as is the major story line. 7 Ways to Die was so entertaining that I definitely plan to read some of the earlier works by the author.

The Friends' William Diehl Collection Display At The Fannin County Public Library

http://www.mountainregionallibrary.org

When William Diehl died, in 2006, his wife, Virginia Gunn donated his library of over 800 books to the Blue Ridge, Ga. ( Fannin County) library. Bill and Virginia had plans to move to Blue Ridge, Ga. after he completed Seven Ways to Die. Virginia felt that this was where Bill would have wanted his extensive collection of books to reside.

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Seven Ways to Die

William Diehl

According to the Primer of Forensic Pathology, there are seven basic ways to die. In New York City a killer is on the loose armed with this knowledge and it is up to special investigator Micah Cody to stop them before the body count climbs higher. Learn More

William Diehl's Seven Ways to Die Along With Four Other Titles Launches exclusively on Barnesandnoble.com Feb. 6th, 2012

February 6, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- New York Times bestselling author action-procedural writer William Diehl’s final novel, Seven Ways to Die, will launch exclusively on Barnesandnoble.com February 6, 2012 supported by a multi-pronged promotion. At the same time, four previous novels by Diehl, Thai Horse, Chameleon, Hooligans, and 27 will also become available on B&N.

On Diehl’s death in 2007, Atchity Entertainment, working with Cairo/Simpson Entertainment, took over the management of Diehl’s estate from William Morris by agreement with Diehl’s widow, Virginia Gunn. Diehl’s previous novels, including Primal Fear, Sharky’s Machine, Eureka, 27, and Hooligans were all New York Times bestsellers, “and we feel certain Seven Ways to Die will please Bill’s loyal readers just as much,” Atchity said.

Diehl had finished 412 pages of the draft, and AEI’s Ken Atchity, who had worked with Diehl and his screenwriting partner Michael A. Simpson for five years prior to his passing, completed the book based on a rough outline, notes, and chapter drafts found in the novelist’s computer. AEI’s Atchity & Chi-Li Wong are developing and producing Diehl’s Eureka with Danny Davids and Neil Canton; and Hooligans and Seven Ways with Judy Cairo and Michael Simpson’s Informant Media (“Crazy Heart,” “Hysteria,” “The Expatriate,” “Writers”).

"That's not the way they do it on television!"

" 'CSI' Effect" Is Mixed Blessing for Real Crime Labs according to Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News


While the cool technology in the CSI crime lab sometimes seems lifted out of Star Trek, real-world experts say the equipment used on the shows is firmly rooted in reality.

"The gadgetry that you see on TV is very close to what we have in real life," said Dean Gialamas, the director of the forensics laboratory at the Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department in Santa Ana, California. "The major difference is the application of some of that technology."

For example, on CSI, a computer automatically matches fingerprints to those in its database. But in real life, scientists must perform such detailed work. And while DNA testing on the show is instant, in real life it takes at least a week.

There have been some obvious errors. In one episode during the first CSI season, scientists put a casting material into a stab wound and let it harden. When they pulled it out, the cast was in the shape of a knife.

"That's totally unrealistic," Gialamas said.

Real-life investigations, of course, take a lot longer than they do on television.

"We don't show any of the immense amount of documentation that has to be done in the field," said Devine, the CSI producer. "Nobody wants to see someone sitting at their desk taking notes."

Real-life forensic scientists are also often too busy to focus on a single case.

Take, for example, the L.A. County Sheriff's Office, the largest sheriff's office in the United States. It handles more than 50,000 cases involving forensic evidence per year. A crime lab in Downey, south of Los Angeles, handles about 70 percent of the cases—those involving narcotics and alcohol.

The rest of the cases, including major crimes such as homicide and rape, are handled in a nondescript building on the edge of downtown Los Angeles. Here, scientists analyze a wide array of forensic evidence, from firearms and explosives to fingerprints, hair, and fiber.

The workload is so severe that forensic scientists may work two dozen cases at the same time, though there are exceptions. Two scientists spent two years solely on the case of Richard Ramirez, also known as the Nightstalker, a serial killer who stabbed, shot, raped, and tortured dozens of victims in southern California in the mid-1980s.

But improved technology, such as DNA testing and advanced databases, has helped scientists in their crime-solving quest. Forensic experts from the L.A. County Sheriff's Office recently solved a 20-year-old homicide by identifying the DNA in a piece of hair.

Bill Diehl on Writing

"A writer must trust his or her intuition. If I didn't, I couldn't write a book, because I never know from day to day what's going to happen next. I trust my intuition and my subconscious. I believe the stories are always working in my head and when I sit down I just describe what I'm 'hearing.' "