I think this is the most entertaining of the CSI tie-in novels that I've read so far, albeit I've only read a few of them. A lot of the credit for that lies in the fact that Brass is the main character here - I really enjoy his sarcastic, grumpy self, and as he drives a lot of the action in Binding Ties it means that a lot of what's going on takes place outside the Crime Lab. There are advantages and disadvantages to that, of course. I enjoy CSI because of its focus on forensics, so I miss the science when it's not there. On the other hand, a couple of the other books I've read in this series have made the science a little dry, in places, and so a decreased emphasis on forensics means that the pace of the story is a bit snappier than it otherwise might be.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. I enjoyed it, anyway.