Tag: DNA
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Tapestry by Beth Duke
Twenty-one-year-old Skye Willis lives in Eufaula, Alabama, a tourist mecca of stately homes and world-class bass fishing. Her childhood friends are either stuck at dead ends or have moved on to accomplish Big Things. Skye’s grandmother, Verna, insists on being called “Sparrow” because she suspects her ancestors were Muscogee Creek. She dresses in faux deerskin and experiments with ancient Native American recipes, offering a … Read More Tapestry by Beth Duke
+ brothers, child abduction, crime fiction, Detective novel, DNA, fiction, loss, murder, police drama, revenge, review, secrets, thriller
Hangmans End by Michelle Kidd
Two bodies…One bridge…Twenty years apart. The discovery of two bodies beneath London Bridge plunges DI Jack MacIntosh and his team at the Metropolitan Police into two of the most complex investigations they’ve ever had to deal with. #HangmansEnd #DIJackMacIntosh @AuthorKidd @QuestionPress @Zooloo’s Book Tours @zooloo2008 #ZooloosBookTours #blogtour With two decades separating them, can the cases really be linked? Having an intense dislike for coincidences, Jack can’t let it … Read More Hangmans End by Michelle Kidd
+ crime fiction, Detective novel, DNA, female friendship, fiction, murder, murder mystery, police drama, police procedural, review
Silent Graves by Sally Rigby
Nothing remains buried forever… When the bodies of two teenage girls are discovered on a building site, DCI Whitney Walker knows she’s on the hunt for a killer. The problem is the murders happened forty years ago and this is her first case with the new team. What makes it even tougher is that with budgetary restrictions in place, she only has two weeks … Read More Silent Graves by Sally Rigby
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Crime and Justice by Martin Bodenham
What if we could no longer trust DNA profiling, the silver bullet of our criminal justice system? For years, we’ve relied on it to solve decades-old crimes, convict the guilty, and liberate the innocent from death row. But what happens to that trust when a crime lab scientist is leaned on to manipulate the evidence or, worse still, lose it altogether? Ruthless Seattle mayor, … Read More Crime and Justice by Martin Bodenham
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