Defensive Wounds (Theresa MacLean Series #4)

by Lisa Black

Overview

“There are many forensic experts. There are many writers. Rarely, however, do the two meld as seamlessly and synergistically as Lisa Black.”
—Sacramento Book Review

“She is, quite simply, one of the best storytellers around.”
—Tess Gerritsen

A former forensic scientist with the Cleveland coroner’s office, Lisa Black knows the world she writes about, as she has proven in the past with her gripping thrillers featuring Theresa MacLean (Takeover, Evidence of Murder, Trail of Blood). With Defensive Wounds, Black delivers possibly her most sensational crime fiction masterwork to date—a stunning tale of forensic expert MacLean’s investigation into the brutal murder of a criminal defense attorney at a Cleveland convention that reveals the frightening presence of a serial killer prowling the city. The forensic police thriller remains one of the most popular sub-genres in contemporary mystery fiction, and Defensive Wounds once again proves that Lisa Black is one of the “big guns,” in the top tier alongside Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Jefferson Bass, and Michael Connelly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061989421
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	08/28/2012
Series:	Theresa MacLean Series , #4
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Lisa Black is the author of three previous thrillers featuring Theresa MacLean: Trail of Blood, Evidence of Murder, and Takeover. A latent fingerprint examiner and CSI in Florida and a former forensic scientist for the Cleveland coroner's office, she is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and has testified in more than fifty homicide trials. A native of Cleveland, she lives in Cape Coral, Florida.

Editorial Reviews

"Lisa Black writes with authority...[Narrator Kristen] Potter's reading is smooth and hypnotic, making it hard to stop listening." - AudioFile Magazine
"There are many forensic experts. There are many writers. Rarely, however, do the two meld as seamlessly and synergistically as Lisa Black." - Sacramento Book Review
"She is, quite simply, one of the best storytellers around." - Tess Gerritsen

From the Publisher

Lisa Black writes with authority about the coroner's office in Cleveland. She should—she worked in that office for years. In DEFENSIVE WOUNDS, someone is killing defense lawyers at the most expensive hotel in Cleveland, and forensics scientist Theresa MacLean is trying to catch the killer. She's interested in the case because her daughter works at the hotel, and the teenager is in love with a prime suspect. Kirsten Potter performs the work and, to her credit, never flinches when pronouncing foot-long names of chemicals or some of the odd Cleveland monikers, like "Cuyahoga." Potter’s reading is smooth and hypnotic, making it hard to stop listening. M.S. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

DECEMBER 2011 - AudioFile