Mary Roach is the Deborah Vance of science writing.

Ms. Roach lets us ride in her pocket as she climbs into trucks with laconic wildlife officers, or kneels to puzzle out evidence at a training course on wildlife-attack forensics. She’s apparently fearless—who tries to order the deadly poison ricin online?—and always bemused. She’s Everywoman, gawping and giggling, then zeroing in on the heart of the matter with a satisfying summary—or a bemused shrug.

The author Mary Roach made her reputation for witty, quirky and sometimes gross science writing in a series of snappily titled books.

... fascinating.

This book is such a rich stew of anecdotes and lore that it’s best savored slowly, bit by bit. Roach doles out surprising true tales from her around-the-world survey of human-wildlife relations.

The expert on quirky science writing doesn't disappoint.

Roach writes splendidly about the often-surprising challenges inherent in coexisting with other animals in their natural habitats.

In her latest book, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law, Mary Roach puts the spotlight on these miscreants.

... a quixotic and somewhat meandering journey of a book, but one powerfully propelled by the force of Roach’s unflinching fascination with the weird, the gross and the downright improbable. Some nonfiction writers like to blend into the background, like game hunters in a blind, waiting for their subjects to produce the perfect quote; Roach is just as likely to stumble into the frame to deliver one of her own.

In fifteen cheerful, fast-paced, funny chapters, Roach looks at deaths, home invasions, traffic violations like jaywalking, and massive amounts of food theft committed by the various usual suspects: bears, raccoons, mice, deer, elephants, even cougars, and many kinds of birds.

... another great outing from Roach, whose explanations are clear and understandable and whose prose is warm, hilarious and often snarky. She continues to be a likable tour guide through some of the stranger or more unusual scientific scenes.

Tracing the line between wildlife and the law, the acclaimed science writer examines how humans interact with the natural world.

Bestseller Roach (Bonk) sheds light on nature’s malefactors in this often funny, always provocative survey of species.