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Series
Samantha Owens novels volume 1
Language
English
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Description
As a medical examiner, Samantha Owen's job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology and precision instruments. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from Sam's life. She's pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate -- until she receives a peculiar call from Washington D.C. On the end of the line is an old boyfriend's mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy...
3) Livid
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 26
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling installment of the #1 bestselling series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself a reluctant star witness in a sensational televised murder trial causing chaos in Old Town Alexandria with the threat of violent protests.
Chief medical examiner Kay Scarpetta is the reluctant star witness in a sensational murder trial when she receives shocking news. The judge’s sister has been found dead. At first
Author
Series
Samantha Owens novels volume 3
Publisher
Harlequin Mira
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
405 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dear Dr. Owens, If you are reading this letter, I am dead and I would be most grateful if you could solve my murder... Forensic pathologist Dr. Samantha Owens thought life was finally returning to normal after she suffered a terrible personal loss. Settling into her new job at Georgetown University, the illusion is shattered when she receives a disturbing letter from a dead man imploring her to solve his murder. There's only one catch. Timothy Savage's...
Author
Series
Samantha Owens novels volume 2
Publisher
Harlequin MIRA
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
364 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides. Dr. Samantha Owens is starting over: new city, new job, new man, new life. She's trying to put some distance between herself and the devastating loss of her husband and children -- but old hurts leave scars. Before she's even unpacked her office at Georgetown University's forensic pathology department, she's called to consult on a case that's rocked the capital and the country. An unknown pathogen...
Author
Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
371 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II, has died an agonizing death by poison-and the king's estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is the prime suspect. Henry suspects that Rosamund's murder is probably the first move in Eleanor's long-simmering plot to overthrow him. If Eleanor is guilty, the result could be civil war. The king must once again summon Adelia Aguilar, mistress of the art of death, to uncover the truth. Adelia is not happy...
7) Grave goods
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
336 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
England, 1176. Beautiful, tranquil Glastonbury Abbey--one of Englandś holiest sites, and believed by some to be King Arthurś sacred Isle of Avalon--has been burned almost to the ground. The arsonist remains at large, but the fire has uncovered something even more shocking: two hidden skeletons, a man and a woman. The skeletons ́height and age send rumors flying--are the remains those of Arthur and Guinevere? King Henry II hopes so. Struggling to...
Author
Series
Evelyn James volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Evelyn James, forensic pathologist for the Cleveland Medical Examiner, is called out to the river's edge to take a look at the body of a girl, recently pulled from the water. A Caucasian, the dark marbling of decomposition had spread through her limbs like poison. After years in the job, Evelyn is used to such things -- to the sight of victims washed up by poverty or grief -- but this is quite different, and much nastier. Her feet had been encased...
Author
Series
Samantha Owens novels volume 4
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
395 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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