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Cleaning Up After CSI Goes Home
Gotham
May 2007
On Sale: May 17, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 1592402968
EAN: 9781592402960
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
A crime writer who thought he could handle anything
confronts the worst of everything. Violent and unattended
deaths...suicide...forensics...viral pathology...crime scene
myths...The stories behind Aftermath, Inc. are stranger than
fiction, and utterly human and compelling. Like most people, true-crime writer Gil Reavill had never
actually experienced a fresh crime scene. That is, until he
met Tim Reifsteck and Chris Wilson, owners of Aftermath,
Inc., a company in the new field of "bioremediation." In the
mid-80s, when a sea change occurred in the way biohazard
clean-up was handled, no one in traditional cleaning or
janitorial services would come within ten feet of a
blood-spattered crime scene. Into this void stepped lifelong
friends Tim and Chris, who filled a desperate need by
founding their company. For the guys of Aftermath, no crime
scene is too bloody to clean. Aftermath, Inc. traces their history, introducing their
clients and employees, and the cops, coroners, and
detectives they encounter in their work. Gil goes on scene
and works side by side with the Aftermath technicians. He
tells the stories that led up to some of Aftermath's most
grisly clean-up jobs, taking us on a journey through the
suburban Midwest where the company is based, home to some of
the quietest, calmest, most ordinary blocks in the world,
which hide much darker undercurrents beneath. The issues that the Aftermath crew members face on a daily
basis range from the mundane (What's the best way to
suppress the urge to regurgitate?) to the lofty (How does
being exposed to death on a daily basis alter one's personal
philosophy?). Reavill approaches his task with respect and
compassion, taking as his mantra a line from the Roman poet
Terence-- "Nothing human is foreign to me."
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