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Facts lie . . . Two decades after the murder that shattered her world, FBI agent and forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick confronts her father's killer face to face. But the inmate who's scheduled to be executed for the crime is not what she expected. Heightening Sydney's unease, she receives a photograph sent to her by a man just prior to his suicide, causing her to question everything she believed about her father. Now she wants the truthβno matter where it's hidden, no matter how painful . . . or dangerous. But Sydney Fitzpatrick is about to trespass on sacred ground. And being a federal agent will offer her no security or shelter if it's her own government that wants her dead.
In this strong first in a new series from Burcell (Cold Case), San Francisco FBI forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick races to unravel the 20-year-old mystery of her father's murder before the upcoming execution of his convicted killer, Johnnie Wheeler. When Sydney interviews Wheeler in San Quentin against her mother's and stepfather's wishes, Wheeler's claims of innocence have a ring of truth. As Sydney begins to investigate her father's past, she uncovers unsavory secrets linking him and some old army buddies, including one who's now a high-powered U.S. senator, to a bank engaged in illegal activities. Sydney's dogged persistence and willingness to bend FBI rules endangers her family, but an 11th-hour meeting with Wheeler for a new forensic sketch points to the answers she's been seeking. Burcell, herself a former FBI-trained forensic artist, keeps her appealing heroine hopping just a step ahead of mortal peril in this intricately plotted page-turner. (Nov.)
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FBI forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick is deeply affected by the anniversary of her fatherβs murder. Days before the execution of Johnnie Wheeler, the man convicted of the crime, Sydney, against her motherβs wishes, goes to visit him to find out why he killed her father. Wheeler, who always maintained his innocence, tells her details of what happened the night of the crime that make Sydney believe the real murderer is still free, prompting her to reopen the investigation on her own, outside the auspices of the FBI. As she delves into her fatherβs past, she finds he wasnβt the saint she believed him to be and learns that he worked for a clandestine government agency. A principled, likable character who has always βgone by the book,β Sydney learns that sometimes you have to work outside the system to obtain justice. Burcell, an FBI-trained forensic artist herself, frames the story with fascinating insider information on her craft and on the workings of the FBI. She is also the author of the Kate Gillespie mysteries. --Sue O'Brien
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