Close to the Bone
β Scribed by Lisa Black
- Publisher
- Severn House Publishers
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Edition
- First world edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1847515207
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"A must-read for fans of Cornwell and Grafton" Booklist
"Taut suspense, a brave and likable heroine, a clever plot, and a slam-bang ending add up to a high-water mark for this popular series" Booklist on Close to the Bone
Forensic scientist Theresa MacLean stumbles across a murder rather too close for comfort when she returns to the Medical Examiner's office following a late-night call to find one deskman missing and the other beaten to death. Written in blood above the dead man's head is a single word: 'Confess'.
It's the first time a homicide has taken place actually within the ME's office. Medical Examiner Stone works on how to spin the news while Theresa works the scene.
When a second victim is discovered, Theresa uncovers a link to the death of another co-worker, records secretary Diane Allman, who was murdered in her own home ten years before. As she painstakingly pieces the clues together, Theresa realizes that she has...
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