Do you know how to distinguish a good, helpful index from a bad, unhelpful index? Read on to find out a few features of unhelpful indexes and helpful indexes. In my opinion, the only thing worse than a bad index in a non-fiction book is having no index at all. At least an attempt was made to produce an index to help readers find text in the book. However, a bad index will not help a readers to  find information quickly and easily. A bad index might frustrate the reader becaus

I recently read the novel Racing the Moon,  written by Terry Prone,  and I was surprised that it mentions indexes. Racing the Moon  is...

Sister  by Kjell Ola Dahl, translated from Norwegian into English by Don Bartlett, is a book I read recently that mentions indexes. Sister  is part of the Oslo detectives series and focuses on the detective Frank Frølich. He was suspended from police duty and is working as a private investigator. He is approached by his girlfriend’s colleague to help find the sister of a female asylum seeker. The asylum seeker wants to find her sister to avoid being deported by the authoritie