The multiple investigations are all paced out in an engaging and compelling manner, tying together in a completely logical and rewarding manner. Lively dialogue and Zoe’s obvious competency and high skill levels make this an extremely fascinating series filled with intriguing investigative details.
- Cynthia Chow, Kings River Life Magazine
...the plot is strong as always. Things unfold in a way that just keeps raising the stakes for the characters and pull us further into the book. Honestly, any time I had to put the book down, it was a struggle. The climax was great, and yes, everything made perfect sense when we got there.
-Mark Baker, Carstairs Considers
Just as Monongahela County Coroner Zoe Chambers-Adams decides to fire her abrasive chief deputy, Dr. Charles Davis, and put an end to his constant undermining of her position, a suspicious car crash severely injures the county’s only other forensic pathologist. To keep the office operational, Zoe has little choice but to keep Davis on staff.
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When Zoe and her husband—Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams—respond to a brutal homicide, they quickly learn the victim had come to town for the sole purpose of sharing vital information with Zoe. And the decedent’s ex-husband is none other than Zoe’s deputy coroner.
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As Zoe and Pete dig deeper into the victim’s past, more questions arise along with a tangle of connections between multiple cases, including a very cold one that leads Zoe and those she cares about directly into the crosshairs of a crazed killer.