Out for her morning run, medical examiner Lucy Trask sees a man she believes to be an elderly neighbor slumped over a chess table, clearly dead. However, she can’t identify him right away because his face has been beaten beyond recognition. While her heart twists at the horrific murder, Lucy is relieved when additional evidence points to another identity for the victim. But chills set in as she wonders if the body was left there for her to find.
Baltimore homicide detectives J.D. Fitzpatrick and Stevie Mazzetti are on the case. J.D. has recently transferred from Narcotics and finds himself attracted to the ME who has a reluctance to talk about herself, even when it seems to be related to the murder investigation.
The romance between Lucy and J.D. is well developed, but it doesn’t overshadow the fast-paced serial-killer investigation.
This police procedural has multiple layers and twists—it’s a book you can’t put down until the mysteries are solved. I enjoyed how the story slowly reveals the facts about a despicable act that happened 21 years ago which connected so many lives. I also got a kick out of the fact that Newport News one of the locales for the events, even if its claim to fame was being the place for arson!
This is the first of Karen Rose’s books that I’ve read, and I’ll be looking for others.
If you enjoy Tami Hoag and Elizabeth Lowell, you should give Karen Rose a try.
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