AFTERMATH, Cleaning up after the CSI go home

By Gil Reavill

.... Ever wondered who cleans up the spray of blood, fragments of skull and bits of flesh after bloody murders, suicides and ' unattended deaths '? In this book, true crime jounalist Gil Reavill follows a trauma clean-up company and reveals what is really involved in cleaning up a crime scene after the CSI has finished.

Gil spent a summer shadowing the iron-stomached techs of Aftermath, Inc. as they made their rounds on all manner of gory jobs, assisting on a three-week decomposition, a shotgun suicide and a family mass-murder in his first few weeks. He discovered that a pool of blood never remains static, that spinal fluid is the most difficult substance to get rid of and that you never get used to the sight of clotting brain. Working for Aftermath, Inc. is not just a job - it's an emotional obstacle course.

Told with empathy and compassion yet at the same time morbidly fascinating, Aftermath is a must-read for all crime enthusiasts....