In 2000, the world was introduced to the CSI franchise when CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premiered. It was shortly followed by CSI: Miami in 2002 and CSI: NY in 2004. When most of the shows ended, CSI: Cyber reminded people why the franchise was loved so much in 2015. And fans were surprised by a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation reboot in 2021, CSI: Vegas, bringing back some beloved characters and introducing new ones.
The good news for those who miss the CSI universe or their favorite characters is that the franchise never ends, as fans can revisit this world in the CSI novels. The CSI: Crime Scene Investigation novels came out for the first time in 2001, CSI: Miami in 2003, and CSI: NY in 2005. These novels were written by various authors who kept bringing these well-known characters to life.
Here are six of the best CSI novels from the different worlds this franchise created.
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Killing Game by Max Allan Collins
Anyone who watched CSI: Crime Scene Investigator can tell you that Grissom, Willows, Stokes and Brown always made a great team. Luckily, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Killing Game brought these characters to life on paper for the fans to keep getting more adventures from their favorite crime scene investigators.
This CSI novel has Willows, Stokes and Brown working the swing shift, separating them from Grissom and the rest of the team. However, as the graveyard and swing shifts lead their investigations, they realize the murders are similar as the evidence aligns. Even though certain clues say it is two different crimes, the teams suspect otherwise.
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Killing Jar by Donn Cortez
Another CSI novel, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: The Killing Jar, finds Grissom guiding and helping Stokes and Adams as they investigate a serial killer who stands out for his knowledge of entomology. This killer uses the insects for two purposes: as destruction and as a model for the attacks.
Meanwhile, Willos and Sanders are investigating a murder that combines two different groups of suspects. On the one hand, they have a group that uses and sells crystal meth. On the other hand, a group of avant-garde artists. The murderer can be anywhere.
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CSI: Miami: Florida Getaway by Max Allan Collins
If the CSI franchise had us viewers used to crossovers, so do the novels. In CSI: Miami: Florida Getaway, Thomas Lessor, a murderer, tries to get away from his crimes by running from Las Vegas to Miami. However, Las Vegas PD is smart enough to send a warrant for his arrest to their contacts in Miami.
As the investigation goes on, Miami’s crime scene investigators get involved and come to find Lessor’s abandoned car. They aren’t the only ones to make a discovery as a couple at the beach comes across something relevant to the case.
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CSI: Miami: Right to Die by Jeff Mariotte
The CSI detectives are usually known for seeing beyond what the scene presents and going deeper with the evidence. That is exactly what Miami’s crime scene investigators do in CSI: Miami: Right to Die. When a young man is killed, and cocaine is found on him, everyone believes it is gang-related. However, the detectives take a closer look and begin to suspect otherwise.
At the same time, everyone’s favorite lieutenant, Horatio Caine, is after a serial bomber whom the FBI has been chasing for many years. When a bomb goes off in Miami, killing a doctor and his family, the detectives wonder if the same bomber is behind this tragedy. There is a change in pattern, but the evidence may take them to him in the end.
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CSI: NY: Blood on the Sun by Stuart M. Kaminsky
While Las Vegas belongs to Grissom and Miami to Caine, NY belongs to Mac Taylor. In CSI: NY: Blood on the Sun, Taylor and Messer investigate the murder of a married couple and their daughter in Queens. As the investigation continues, the detectives realize the couple’s son is missing, and the case turns into a kidnap investigation.
In Brooklyn, Bonasera and Burn investigate the murder of a Jewish man found on the floor of his synagogue. The main suspect is the leader of a fundamentalist group who had run into the victim in the past. Said leader appears very charismatic, and the detectives must do everything possible to uncover the truth.
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CSI: NY: Four Walls by Keith R.A. DeCandido
NY’s crime scene investigators Taylor, Messer, Hawkes and Flack are in charge of investigating a double homicide in a medium-security facility in Staten Island. While one of the murders has eyewitnesses who can confirm who the killer is, the other presents more questions as they must find out who killed the former cop.
On the other side of the city, Bonasera works with Monroe to investigate the murder of a young woman in the Bronx. As soon as the investigation started, they had the perfect suspect: a man who had been flirting with the victim and had a record. However, both crime scene investigators begin to wonder if the suspect isn’t just too perfect.
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