Forensic analyst Evelyn James is going to have to use all
of her training to help solve the latest murder to hit
Cleveland. A woman has been found murdered in her
penthouse, but there is no indication of anyone entering
the suite. All possible entrances and exits are locked;
there is no one on the surveillance tapes; and the husband
has an alibi. It is up to Evelyn to analyze all trace
evidence to try to find some clue to give the detectives
some direction to go with their investigation. Will she be
able to find that most important piece of evidence that can
break the case wide open? Or will she be forced to wait
and see if the killer strikes again?
Evelyn has little time to do any analyzing before someone
else in the same building is attacked. This time it is a
fellow co-worker, and she is even more determined to try to
find some connection. When another closed apartment victim
is found, this gives Evelyn more to work with, but also
increased pressure to help find the culprit. Little by
little she notices similarities in the evidence, but
nothing that points to a killer. If she can determine how
the women are related to each other, then maybe that can
lead them to a killer. What is the link between the
women? How did they know each other?
Elizabeth Becka grips the reader from the beginning and
pulls them in to her detailed web of intrigue. Evelyn
James is a wonderful scientist who follows the trace
evidence wherever it leads her, even if it is straight into
trouble. Evelyn is also a single mother who is trying to
juggle the responsibility of raising a daughter while
earning a living; so many people can understand her
determination to succeed. It is refreshing to read a book
that is so into the details behind the crimes, and takes
you into the laboratory where these leads are followed
through. UNKNOWN MEANS is a fabulous novel that will have
the reader riveted and unable to put the book down.
In Elizabeth Becka's latest highly suspenseful novel,
forensic scientist Evelyn James returns to investigate a
harrowing series of crimes--only to find that no one is
safe.
Evelyn James is a forensic specialist in the
Cleveland Medical Examiner's office who's juggling a
demanding workload, a teenage daughter from a failed
marriage, and a homicide detective boyfriend. And somehow
she always happens to be involved in some of the twistiest,
most challenging crime scenes imaginable.
This time
around she's called in to investigate what appears to be a
locked-room mystery: A wealthy woman is murdered in the
penthouse suite of a luxurious, high-security building. The
building's intricate surveillance system didn't pick up
anything, the entrance wasn't forced, and the victim's
husband has an airtight alibi. Cases like this, Evelyn
knows, can turn on the most microscopic piece of
evidence--if she can find any. Things look even trickier
when another victim turns up in another penthouse suite.
Then Evelyn's best friend is attacked--and things get
personal. And when a third person is found dead, Evelyn
realizes that the killer's choice of victim is anything but
random . . .
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