I found this book to be very clumsily written. The author's diction is too informal, and he rambles from one subject to another with little or no transition between topics. I was annoyed by the vast amount of irrelevant information that he included. For example, he interrupts his account of Olivia's first days in the Fischers' home to give a seemingly pointless account of the celebration of St. Nicholas's Day in Europe. Mr. Davis is also obviously biased in favor of Olivia Riner. I had the impression that he had made up his mind about Olivia's innocence before he even started his research for this book. He repeats outrageous charges and wild rumors about the Fischer family which were proven false in Joyce Egginton's book, "Circle of Fire." I believe that Ms. Egginton's account of the Olivia Riner case is far superior to Mr. Davis's.

I am not 100% convinced that Olivia Riner committed this murder despite what Joyce Egginton says. Maybe "Circle of Fire" was more in-depth than this book but at least Don Davis pointed out that the police screwed up major time. He pointed out that John Gallagher lied about being expelled from high school and that the half sister conspired with him to lie about his driving record to get him insurance. That is just as bad if not worse than Olivia stealing a bag of baby clothes. How do you justify the police not securing the crime scene? That is the first thing you always do in the case of a crime no matter what. I still do not buy Ms. Egginton's psychological theories. Things are vastly different today than they were 100 years ago when the dissertation was written. You are entitled to your opinion just as I'm entitled to to mine.

Another great book, very well written by Don Davis. It's pretty obvious she was innocent.

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I bought this book sight unseen. It turned out to be a great resource for PM&R. The CD-ROM has the entire text and graphics of the book in Acrobat format, meaning that the computer displays it exactly as it looks in the book, complete with charts, graphs, and photos. The computer version is formatted so that you can single-click through the pages, and the viewing area automatically scrolls from one column of the page to the next. Book is quite heavy, though.

This book has the strengths and weaknesses of Don Martin's later period. The art is still distinctive, but much of the humor is old hat; the artist had long since settled into a squarer style. However, it's worth buying for the "Pages from my Notebook", in which Don Martin discusses (and, most importantly, illustrates) his technique.

First of all, never trust a guide book to Vegas which states "we don't gamble" (p. 31) and then tries to tell you which casinos are the best. This book is full of opinionated "top ten" lists which only appeal to a certain demographic. (Namely, the demographic which would drive all over town to find the number one 99-cent shrimp cocktail, and then would look for the number one spot to park the RV. Lucky for them, both lists are provided.)

Every traveler to Vegas should see Sehlinger's Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas, which would appeal to a wide variety of tourists. The younger crowd needs to check out Frommer's Irreverant Guide to Las Vegas.