Reading:

  The reading feels like a report since it's very descriptive and informative, given the fact that the writer is a reporter for the Miami Herald. It felt like she was describing a forensics show or even Dexter.She gave insight into the pecularities and arduours of being a female cop- from being isolated from boys due to the fact that they carry guns, to inspecting her purse given the cops tendency to reveal all your secrets: lipsticks, her eye drops, etc.

    One of the most interesting aspects of being a cop is the intuition some have, like Buck Griscom, who happened to be at the crime scene without realizing it. He stopped a car in Collins Ave just due to a hunch that told him to follow him. He also killed a few people, but it seems that's one normal aspect of the police. There's going to be unintended shots in order to save lives.

   There's also the fact that some people wear items that are extremely ironic, like the girl wearing Rihanna's T-shirt: "sticks and stones may break my bones but chains and whips excite me." She wore that before her boyfriend killed her. The author also mentions that it's very important to obtain every single detail, from the Tv-shows witnesses were watching in order to remember the time of the crime, to the clothing they were wearing, given that if she doesn't ask then nobody will answer. Such questions, although petty can reveal important info. Discovering a piece of paper in the victim's wallet can be the difference between winning a case, and losing it.

   There's also a good point about the reporter's ways of describing the scenes. They use euphemisms, like "involuntary sexual buttery" instead of using the word "rape". These are quite annoying because everyone has their guards up, in order to not offend anybody. But this correctness, hinders the clearness of the investigation and sugar coats reality.

  There's also a theme of cause/effect relationships. One woman called the Miami Herald stating that someone wanted to kill her. Nobody answered until days later when she was actually dead. Then, there was another instance of a veteran that wanted to return to Key West, giving an appeal  but nobody helped him out. Days later he was killed while he was on his way. Also, there was a man who owned a shop and decided to stay later than usual. But, like the author states, " one man's act of kindness can cost him his life."

   Overall, the nonfiction story felt it was overloaded with so many action-packed details that oftentimes one forgot one was reading a nonfiction story. It felt like a totally made  up story bt simultaneously, some of the cases were familiar like the guy who was found in the asylum because he didn't know how to speak or communicate. Generally, it was extremely interesting because it gave information like a report, but wasn't boring or tedious like them.