Synopses & Reviews
Andy Broussard, the plump and proud New Orleans medical examiner, obviously loves food. Less apparent to the casual observer is his hatred of murderers. Together with his gorgeous sidekick, psychologist Kit Franklyn, the two make a powerful, although improbable, mystery-solving duo. Strange lesions found in the brain of a dead man have forensic pathologist Broussard stumped. Even more baffling are the corpses fingerprints. They belong to Ronald Cicero, a lifer at Angola State Prison, and an inmate the warden insists is still there. Broussard sends psychologist Kit Franklyn to find out who is locked up in Ciceros cell. But an astonishing discovery at the jail and an attempt on her life almost has Kit sleeping with the crawfish in a bayou swamp. And Broussard, making a brilliant deduction about another murder, may soon be digging his own grave.
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D.J. Donaldson is superb at spinning medical fact into gripping suspense. With his in-depth knowledge of science and medicine, he is one of very few authors who can write with convincing authority.”Tess Gerritsen, NY Times best-selling author of the Rizzoli and Isles novels
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“Streamlined thrills and gripping forensic detail." —KIRKUS
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"Action-packed, cleverly plotted topnotch thriller. Another fine entry in a consistently outstanding series." —BOOKLIST
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"With each book, Donaldson peels away a few more layers of these characters and we find ourselves loving the involvement." —THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL (MEMPHIS)
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"The pace is pell-mell." —SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
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"Exciting and… realistic. Donaldson… starts his action early and sustains it until the final pages." —BENTON COURIER (Arkansas)
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"A roller-coaster ride… Thoroughly enjoyable." —BRAZOSPORT FACTS
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"The latest outing of a fine series which never disappoints." —MERITORIOUS MYSTERIES
"Delivers… . genuinely heart-stopping suspense." —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
About the Author
D.J. Donaldson is a retired professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. His entire academic career was spent at the University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, where he published dozens of papers on wound-healing and where he taught microscopic anatomy to thousands of medical and dental students.He is also the author of seven published forensic mysteries and five medical thrillers. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee with his wife and two West Highland terriers. In the spring of most years he simply cannot stop buying new flowers and other plants for the couple's prized backyard garden.