Thoroughly good read. Glad to hear it from Mark Fuhrman's words. This man was certainly treated unfairly and certainly was used by the defense wrongfully in order to free a man that deserved a guilty verdict.

This book reads like a documentary and is probably the most realistic report on what really happened that night. The system failed the deaths of Nicole and Ron and it failed Mark as well. Whether he was a racist or not is not the issue. O.J.'s ability to "spin" whenever the police were called eventually lead to Nicole's demise. Mark wrote an excellent account of the night of the murders and the ensuing investigation.

I think Mark Fuhrman found a great new career as true crime author and he broke new ground with his use of crime scene drawings and exhibits. I felt like I was in the head of a real detective. This convinced me more than ever of OJ's guilt, and it's a thoroughly great read. My only complaint here is Mark stood on the self-defense soap box to defend himself against the perjury charges. I never believed those charges, but I think he protests too much here and it comes up over and over. Once in the forward was enough for me. Without the self-defense essays, I'd give this six stars (if I could) but with them I felt I had to give four. An excellent read, and the best of his books by far. The transcripts are terrific. You know you're reading a book by an ex-detective. Highly recommended.

The most fascinating part of the book was the chapter on the murder weapon. Mr. Fuhrmann is convinced that a 3 - 3 1/2" Swiss Army pocket knife was used, not a 6" stiletto. One can only wonder what became of the knife. An excellent read.

this poor man was made the scapegoat for the murders just by virtue of being called to a murder scene and doing his job. he presents the facts in a very detailed and concise manner, but his anger and frustration (completely and totally justified) is peppered throughout. when the true criminal goes to trial for his most recent crimes in las vegas, i hope he is found guilty and goes to jail. i hope johnny cochran is not only turning over in his grave, i hope he's rotating!

It was good to see the actual evidence trail. There is so much evidence that the public never knew about that is revealed in this book. It is so terribly disturbing to see how many mistakes the police made. Mark Fuhrman made mistakes. The other detectives on-scene made mistakes. However, you can tell from Fuhrman's notes, that he is a highly skilled detective. His notes were flawless and methodical. Things that come from years of experience. If you were a follower of the OJ Simpson trial, you will find this book very enlightening. You will find your eyes wide and your attention glued to the pages. The only reason I gave this a 4-star instead of a 5-star rating; It would have been an easier read if some of the repetition had been left out. I found myself skipping over parts of the book that had already been covered in other chapters.

Mark Fuhrman is a brilliant writer and was a brilliant detective. Unfortunately, 'they' made him the scapegoat in OJ's murders and ruined his police career but those that are aware, realize what the truth is. Mark Fuhrman has made a great life for himself and his family, in the second chapter of his life. I am so grateful to him for writing all these books (check out "Murder In Greenwich" book, it is awesome too). This book about the slaugher of Nichole Brown and Ron Goldman goes into minute detail as to the forensics and all the other evidence that should have convicted that murderer. It is sickening to see how badly the other detectives bungled the case and it is more than sickening to see how Mark got blamed for it. It is a MUST-READ book for all who care about the Truth. Thank you Mark Fuhrman!

Of course we have all heard of OJ Simpson and Mark Fuhrman. For many of us our opinion of Mark Fuhrman is as a prejudiced detective - based on what we saw on TV. This book provides a detailed look at things the general public didn't see or hear about on TV. In fact there is so much specific evidence pointing to the guilt of OJ it makes you wonder how this could happen.

Mark Fuhrman clearly lays out the facts and what happend behind each one including errors that were made during the investigation, unknown details of the trial, and other interesting information. This book is easy to read - even my husband, who is NOT a book reader, picked this one up and read it nearly cover to cover.

This is the best Review of the O.J. Simpson Trial, right from the lead original detective. Very pains taking time well worth it. Puts the blame for the "Not Gility" verdict in the right place.

A Great Book and a must read if you're into True Crime books. After reading "IF I DID IT" I hope all the people can see that Mark Fuhrman was right on the money with his theories about he case and OJ Simpson is a lying Murderer. I look forward to his next book.

I have read several books on the O.J. Simpson trial. This book is VERY WELL written!!! Mark Fuhrman did an excellent job explaining why the killer got away with murder, how the police bungled the investigation, how the so-called "Dream Team" turned the murder trial of the century into a race related issue, and why he (Mark Fuhrman) was forced to plead guilty to the charge of perjury, a crime he DID NOT commit!

This book meticulously outlined the blood evidence in this case and I am shocked and appalled that O.J. Simpson could walk out of that courtroom a free man, and Mark Fuhrman ended up prosecuted for perjury. Fuhrman can no longer vote or own a weapon, and lost his career as a police officer because he had the misfortune to become the defense "dream team" target. To this day, I have intense feelings of disgust toward the defense team of lawyers and their willingness to do anything to get O.J. off, even destroy the career and life of innocents. Vince Bugliosi wrote an introduction to this book that is worth reading; his book on the O.J. travesty is one of my favorites. He explains why Fuhrman's "perjury" should never have been prosecuted and why, and how irrelevant Fuhrman's racial attitudes (whatever they may truly have been) truly were to the case (they had NO bearing other than to create a scapegoat so that a murderer could walk free!). I have immense respect for Bugliosi, who did not compromise his integrity to win cases, and yet won almost every case he took on. There is something very wrong when the "trial of the century" was nothing more than a circus and the "dream team" a high paid team of professionals who were willing to sell themselves to O.J. for the almighty $ and the fame that went with it. Which ones of them did NOT write a book after their glorious victory? Shame on them. Good for Fuhrman to come out fighting finally and rebuild his life. He shouldn't have had to do it.

Mark Fuhrman wrote this book as clearly and concisely as the prosecution should have presented their case. Then maybe they would have convicted O.J. instead of Fuhrman. This book is one of the best pieces of purely linear logical investigative skills I have ever read.
Some say Mark Fuhrman was arrogant. So are doctors and nurses sometimes. When you are really GOOD at something and you know it, it shows in a form of self confidence that is NEEDED if you are to do your job. Those who don't excel call this confidence arrogance.
WHY Fuhrman, a decorated, respected 20 year veteran AND a miltary vet should have been destroyed because he said nigger is beyond me. President Clinton is on tape saying nigger repeatedly. No one rose up in arms over him using the word and he is a good ol boy Southerner that many would consider fair game.
I don't see the wops and micks( and I am one) rising up and screaming about those "racial slurs".
This book makes you see the case in a perfect logical light as well as watch the destruction of a man who said nigger----if we ban words will book burning be far behind----as role playing for a script.
O.J decapitates his wife and is out playing golf. Fuhrman uses a epithet that was not used as a bigot and HE has his right to vote or bear arms for the rest of his life taken away.
This book was every little detail I wanted to know about the EVIDENCE and it also made me furious that we destroyed a good cop and let a killer walk.
If you read it you will feel the same.

I just read this book for a second time, due to the recent episode involving Mr. Simpson. Again, I found it to be excellent, albeit disturbing that such damning information was available but botched in recovery and/or prosecution. Mark Fuhrman was a scapegoat in this trial and I am happy he has perservered to become a successful writer and that he continues to do dectective work.

It is still unfortunate that a killer (OJ) got off and the trial turned into a lynching of Mark Fuhrman. This book is an excellent account of what truly happened that night. recommended for anyone that KNOWS O.J. is a murderer!

Fuhrman's book is a good, straightforward telling of the Simpson investigation. For the most part, he seems impartial, drawing his conclusions from the evidence alone. My only criticism is that I felt he defended himself too often, but that's to be expected, I guess, when people are blaming you (wrongly) for setting a murderer free. Some chapters seem to be all about Fuhrman, but most of the book is about the case and evidence themselves. I learned a lot from this book that I wasn't aware of during the trial, and I agree with Fuhrman that if the prosecution had done its job, Simpson would be behind bars today. This was a much better read for me that Vincent Bugliosi's book, Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder, which was too emotional and seemed more like a rant than an objective look at the case.

I read this book with some interest, anxious to get some more insights into this notorious case and given Fuhrman's later role in allegedly solving the CT murder case involving one of the Kennedys, the author had regained enough crediblity in mind to where I would give this work a look. Unfortunately, while the book is interesting in fleshing out certain aspects of police work and the narrative of how the investigation proceeded, Fuhrman is much too concerned with playing himself up as a victim to the detriment of a more thorough analysis of this case. Fuhrman has many recriminations to launch against those in the LAPD and the DA's office who made mistakes causing this case to be botched, yet he displays no real recognition of the role HE PLAYED in botching it, by denying that he ever made racist comments, which ended up becoming the subplot of this case that sank it. Consistent with that, in a hair splitting manner worthy of Bill Clinton, he continues to deny that he lied or committed perjury even though he was convicted of the latter.

Perceptive, unbiased people know the truth when they hear it, and one of the most famous of those people is Oprah Winfrey. At first, all she had to go on were the lies, half-lies, and twisted truths of the "Dream Team", Oprah Winfrey was a Fuhrman-hater extraordinaire. However, when Fuhrman, with bigger balls than a Texas bull, accepted whole-heartedly an invitation to sit in a snake pit and to be hissed, struck at, and spit at (Oprah Winfrey's show) speaks volumes. Anyone who watched that show marvelled how Fuhrman stood up to a barrage of garbage and simply told the truth. We witnessed a miracle: as Fuhrman calmly, and with quiet authority, told that truth, the hands of those, who fifteen minutes earlier could have strangled him, were now coming together in applause as the ring of truth began to sound, and it was Oprah Winfrey who led the way. When Mark Fuhrman apologized on nation TV, for using the 'N' word in writing dialogue for a movie script (something which not only regularly done, but is also EXPECTED by a movie-going public who wants realism) it was the icing on the cake. Fuhrman went from being hated to actually loved in a matter of an hour....and why? Because he told the truth and humbled himself.

He has done the same in MURDER IN BRENTWOOD. If readers cannont fully smell the coffee after reading this book, then there's something very wrong with their sniffer. Fuhrman was a cracker-jack detective, probably the best LAPD had. Without him, Simpson never would have been in custody, and with him LEADING the case, instead of the starry-eyed, Simpson-smattered, Vannatter and Lange, Simpson would never have, NO, could never have walked no matter how big the 'dream team', because in evidence a 'clear, first-rate, blood fingerprint would have been included, the finger print that Simpson left on the back gate as he made his ludicrous, wild-eyed, escape. That finger print was cleary noted and referred to in Mark Fuhrman's notes, and was witnessed by his partner. Why was in never lifted? The reader can only imagine. But Fuhrman's painstakingly accurate, crime scene notes have the ring of truth............and so does his book! Yes, it is 'a little self-serving', and after what he had been put through, it darn-well ought to be.

I highly recommend this book for any who want the truth!

Like another reviewer said, 'a bit self serving' however an excellent expose on the failure of the system due to incompetence, celebrity worship, ineffective police work and corruption in the legal system (let's use the race card every time). Mr. Fuhrman's account of this event is revealing and disturbing.

This book give a very detailed "behind the scenes" look at this terrible tragedy. The murders were horrific and the clarity with which Mark Fuhrman writes is excellent.

While this book may not be the greatest piece of authorship, it's true value is the revealing of a vast amount of evidence that was either supressed or overlooked during the trial. Of course, all this evidence points directly to O.J. Simpson!! A real eye opener, and a true testament to Mark Fuhrman's detective skills.

Let me start out by saying before reading this book, I like many others thought Mr. Furhman was just another casualty in the O.J. trial. Now that I actually read only half of the book, before I threw it in the trash, I have to say that this was the worst book I have ever read. Mr. Furhman lives his life by blaming other it seems. I have read Marcia Clark's and Christopher Darden's version of this trial and the thing I noticed is that they both admitted their mistakes. I did not read one thing that Mr. Furhman wrote that said he did one thing wrong it was everyone else in the case. I have no doubt that O.J. Simpson is guilty of double homicide but it all boils down to a almost black jury who stuck it to the people who in their minds had stuck it to their people for so long. The prosecution did not have a chance from the start. PLEASE DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS WHINNING, CRYBABY GARBAGE!

First of all...yes, the book is worth reading. I was amazed at the mass of evidence which pointed directly to OJ Simpson. I never realized that there was THAT much evidence which would have put away any man in a matter of days (of court). Fuhrman also points out the reasons why much of the evidence was not used - and one will be utterly amazed at the tactics of the defense and the prosecution to suppress evidence!

There were two parts of the book that, at first, I did not think belonged in the book. The sections were about Fuhrman's later problems with his former lady friend, the potential screenwriter, and what he said ten years ealier. And how it came back to haunt him. The other section dealt with his problems with Margaret York (a police capitan who was Judge Lance Ito's wife). At first, I didn't think these were necessary to be in the book. But, at the conclusion of the book, I now understand why Fuhrman included these chapters. It sets up the whole trial against Fuhrman.

I enjoyed Fuhrman's caustic attitude toward York, the Defense Team (especially Cochran), and the prosecution (both Marsha and Christopher). Fuhrman was vilified at the trial because he said the "n-word", and OJ kills two people and gets off scott free!

I believe the book is very well-witten. It lays out the facts, evidence, etc. in a way that allows a lay person to understand why Mr. Fuhrman proved O.J. Simpson to be a murderer. It is a bit self-serving, but I understand why. I believe that how Mark Fuhrman was treated, as learned in his book & other accounts, can shake the faith in our justice system. He is not, & never was, a racist. Anyone of us could have been thusly accused using the shameful tactics his accusers did. All his rights as a citizen should be restored. I enjoy his books a great deal. I hope he sees this review at some time.

Regardless of what you think of former LA detective Mark Furhman, this book is a fascinating look into the deaths of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman, as well as the investigation by LAPD and the subsequent trial of OJ Simpson for the deaths.
Furhman peppers the book with his own ancedotes and tries one last time to defend his actions while on the stand in the trial. I suspect many will be unwilling to understand Furhman's defense that his racist label was, according to him, partly the cause of a taped book about true crime which he was making with a girlfriend in the early 80's (tapes of a cop acting out racist scenes provide good ammo for any ex-girlfriend who wants revenge, and is shown as to why she kept the tapes for a decade, Fuhrman implies) and partly due to his strained relationship with the trial's own Judge Ito's wife who was Fuhrman's supervisor for a number of years. Fuhrman alleges in the book that Ito's wife never liked him, which led him to believe that because of this relationship, Ito allowed the defense to attack the police and specifically Fuhrman becuase of 'pillow talk' Ito probably had with his wife about the detective over the years.
That said, the strength of this book lies in careful examination of evidence by Fuhrman and how Detectives Phillips and Vanatter made sloppy mistakes from missing a bloody fingerprint on the rear gate to not properly impounding Oj's car after finding blood evidence inside of it. The infamous bloody glove is also discussed as Vanatter took it with him two the two crime scenes, a clear chain of custody violation.
Ultimately Fuhrman's point is that Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman will never get justice for their brutal murders. He identifies the obvious passion in her murder as her neck was cut so deeply she was nearly decapitated, passion that, besides the blood/dna evidence (Fuhrman states he had worked hundreds of crime scenes in his career and never seen that much evidence) OJ Simpson had to be the killer. He further argues this by providing the written log of the interview detectives had with Simpson where he provides multiple reasons why his finger is cut, a cut that is deep enough for a reasonable person to have remembered with clarity where exactly it happened.
The overall theme of the book seems to indicate that a high paid defense team can get a guilty person adquitted of murder. I was left wondering at the end of the book, were the circumstances exactly the same, but the suspect and evidence leading to a non-celebrity who was not wealthy, what would have happened? Keep in mind as you read that the defense's strongest argument was that the LAPD was framing Simpson. Think about the totality of the circumstances and read this book and see if you agree. I might add that there are other good books on this trial and it is important to hear what some of the other players have to say if you truly want the whole picture. Check this book out.