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Dr. David Hunter is a former forensic specialist who left London after the death of his wife and daughter, and settled in rural Norfolk, where is now has a practice as a general practitioner. He tries to not get involved when the body of a woman is found in the woods. When a second woman is found, however, a woman he knows, he lends his expertise to the investigation.
The Chemistry of Death
Beckett, Simon
New York: Delacorte Press, 2006.
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In Thief of Souls, acclaimed author Ann Benson brings us another novel of parallel tales--one in 15th century France, the other in 21st century Los Angeles. In each tale, a serial killer is targeting children. In the 15th century, Guillemette le Drappiere, companion to the Bishop of Nantes investigates; in 2002, L. A. detective Lany Dunbar, is being sought by the very suspect she is pursuing.
Thief of Souls
Benson, Ann
New York: Delacorte Press, 2002.
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When Detective Francis X. Loughlin was new on the police force, a young doctor was murdered and Julian Vega, her apartment manager, was convicted and sent to prison. Twenty years later, Vega is released from prison on a technicality. Another doctor is murdered, and fingers point to Vega again. The DNA test is a shocker--the blood under the new victim's fingernails isn't that of Vega, but of the woman murdered twenty years before. Peter Blauner won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, Slow Motion Riot.
Slipping into Darkness
Blauner, Peter
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2006.
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Kerry McGrath is sitting in a plastic surgeon's waiting room with her daughter, who was injured in a car accident. Another woman in the room looks familiar, but Kerry can't place her. A week later, in the same place, Krry sees the same face--but on a different woman. She realizes the reason the face is familiar is because it had been plastered all over the media when its owner was murdered a decade before. Why would a plastic surgeon keep putting the same face on different patients? And what is the connection to the murder?
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Clark, Mary Higgins
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
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A Crime Club Book. Anna Clarke is a prolific author of suspense novels. Professor Paula Glenning becomes concerned when a fellow clinic patient seems to be heavily sedated, then is moved to another location. Then Paula's life is threatened.
The Case of the Paranoid Patient
Clarke, Anna
New York: Doubleday, 1991.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. Otherwise seemingly healthy post-op patients are dying at an alarming rate. Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery sees a pattern in their deaths, and fears that a killer is preying on these patients. As the death toll mounts, Montgomery herself becomes a target.
Marker
Cook, Robin
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. While publicly denouncing the use of stem cells, Senator Ashley Butler asks a biotech company to use the technology to cure him of Parkinson's disease.
Seizure
Cook, Robin
New York: Doubleday, 2003.
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When surgeon Kim Reggis's daughter falls ill with e coli poisoning after a meal in a fast food restaurant, Riggis is driven frantic by the poor care she receives, which leads to her death. His investigation into the practices of the beef industry and its relationship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture lead to threats against his own life.
Toxin
Cook, Robin
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.
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Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta are investigating a series of murders in Florida. What's more disturbing, as there seems to be a connection to a serial killer currently in prison in Massachusetts.
Predator
Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.
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The tide is turned on Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta--she's not the investigator this time, but the one being investigated, accused of murder.
The Last Precinct
Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000.
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Kay Scarpetta's tenure as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner has come to an end, and she's now a forensic consultant. While working on a case in Louisiana, she's contacted by the evil Jean Baptiste Chandonne, who had relentlessly pursued Scarpetta in a previous book, The Last Precinct. Thought to be safely ensconced on death row, Chardonne escapes from prison and resumes his pursuit of Scarpetta. Then it appears that there's a connection between the Wolfman and the Louisiana case.
Blow Fly
Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003.
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Massachusetts District Attorney Monique Lamont wants to run for Governor, and in order to build her image in the public eye, she wants her best state crime investigator to crack a 20-year-old unsolved murder. The investigator, Winston Garano, has been trained at the National Forensic Academy, and the DA thinks modern DNA technology will provide the evidence needed. When the DA is attacked in her home, she and Winston find a connection between the attack and the cold case.
At Risk
Cornwell, Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006.
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An abridged reading by Joan Allen on four audiocassettes. Kay Scarpetta, State of Virginia medical examiner, is working on a series of deaths that occurred as part of arson. Her old nemisis, Carrie Grethren, seems to be calling the shots.
Point of Origin
Cornwell, Patricia
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When an arm is found sticking out of the newly poured concret sidewalk near the President of Laos's mansion, the National Coroner, Dr. Siri Paiboun is ordered to remove the arm and find out to whom it belongs. With the results of the autopsy and his skills as a shaman, Dr. Paiboun solves the case.
Disco for the Departed
Cotterill, Colin
New York: Soho, 2006.
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Signed by the author on title page. The staff and former residents of now-closed The Hawthorne House School for the Treatment of Autistic Children gather for a reunion. The shocking death of the school's founder, Dr. Jay Schermerhorn, brings Chicago detectives Emily Folkstone and Ollie Park to investigate. They discover hidden characteristics behind Dr. Schermerhorn's professional facade.
Death of a Thousand Cuts
D'Amato, Barbara
New York: Tom Doherty Associates Books, 2004.
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A Christmas Eve blizzard adds suspense to this tale of deadly viruses and the theft of the only drug known to combat it from the Scottish research lab where it was stored. The lab's security director, former police officer Toni Gallo, is in a race to recover the drug before disaster strikes.
Whiteout
Follett, Ken
New York: E. P. Dutton, 2004.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. Third book in the Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series. In The Sinner, one nun is found brutally murdered in a convent chapel, another critically injured nun beside her. Homicide detective Rizzoli and medical examiner Isles work together to track down the killer.
The Sinner
Gerritsen, Tess
New York: Ballantine Books, 2003.
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A seeming madman is attacking women who work at UCLA Medical Center. The suspect is caught and injured in the process. He's brought to the emergency room at UCLA -- where the staff refuse to treat him. Chief of Emergency Services David Spier must deal with personal and professional ethics in determining how to deal with the situation.
Do No Harm
Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew
New York: William Morrow, 2002.
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Three scientists at the Trudeau Research Center on the Arctic Circle are found dead on the ice. The cause of death is unknown, however, and epidemiologist Jesica Hanley is called in to investigate. A Russian submarine has disappeared in the Norwegian fjords, and retired commander, Admiral Rudenko is sent to locate it. Hanley's and Rudenko's searches will intersect, as they try to solve inexplicable events. Illustrated end papers.
The Trudeau Vector
Jurjevics, Juris
New York: Viking Press, 2005.
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Signed by the author on the title page.
Dangerous Attachments
Lovett, Sarah
New York: Villard Books, 1995.
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