Museum director Dr. Diane Fallon has been replaced as the
head of Rosewood's Crime Lab. She's been replaced by Lloyd
Bryce, pal of newly elected Mayor Jefferies, but he has no
experience to speak of. Another political appointee is the
Police Chief, Edgar Peeks, who probably shouldn't have his
job either. When Diane won't allow Bryce free access to
labs that belong to the museum, tension between museum
personal and police escalates. The day after, Diane is
pulled over by a policeman holding a grudge from a previous
incident. He attempts to kill her, inflicting plenty of
damage, but his overconfidence leads to his death instead.
With leadership in the police department becoming more
unreliable and after key players are murdered, Diane is
called upon by members of the force to start her own
investigation. What she finds seems to be a wide circle of
corruption.
Diane's boyfriend Frank is a Detective with Atlanta's fraud
unit and his current case is focused on identity theft.
Someone is stealing identities to open new loans and then
let the real person deal with the consequences. Because
Atlanta is so close to Rosewood, it doesn't take long to
see there could be a connection between Frank's case and
Diane's investigation. But it will mean careful handling
and smart teamwork to figure out who's playing what part in
these crimes.
SCATTERED GRAVES may be the sixth book in the series, but it
was easy
to grasp key players and facts right away. The characters
are likable, the fast-pace of the plot is engaging, and the
solution is satisfying. Having a museum for a setting and
adding in forensic research details help this book stand
out from the crowd.
Local politics get nasty when Rosewood, Georgia, elects a
new mayor—and Diane Fallon is replaced with an incompetent
crony as head of the crime lab. But just as she’s
adjusting to life without murder, the newly appointed
chief of police and the mayor are shot dead. Back on the
job, Diane realizes that no one is safe—least of all her.
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