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Minotaur Books
June 2006
On Sale: June 13, 2006
288 pages
ISBN: 0312352700
EAN: 9780312352707
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Mystery Woman Sleuth | Thriller
Dr. Alexandra Blake has the job of a lifetime. As a cutting-
edge geneticist at AFIP---the Armed Forces Institute of
Pathology in Washington, D.C.---Alex is charged with using
her research into the genetics of viruses to find a vaccine
against bioterrorism. The AFIP contains the pathology lab
for the Department of Defense, manages the DOD blood bank,
directs research like Alex’s, and fosters the development
of inventions to help the nation’s armed forces. But the
institute’s new director, James Wiatt, wants to turn the
AFIP into a mini FBI by directing its resources toward
crime solving---an effort to rival the Bureau’s forensic
department. When a series of related murders falls under
his jurisdiction, he gets his chance to prove the AFIP can
compete with the Bureau.
Alex is forced to put her research on hold so she can cover
forensics on the case, which involves a killer who murders
women near military bases across the country and then
tattoos their corpses. At first she resents being
distracted from her lab work, but as she becomes immersed
in the case, studying the forensic evidence, viewing the
crime scenes, and piecing together the victims’ last
moments, Alex resolves to catch the killer. She knows it’s
only a matter of time before he leaves some evidence for
Alex to trace back to him. But when another murder strikes
closer to home for Alex and her colleagues---and her
boyfriend, a congressman from Texas---it will take more
than forensic science to keep them safe.
With its spellbinding mix of suspense, forensics, and
romance, Lori Andrews’s debut novel signals the arrival of
a powerful new writer on the crime fiction shelf.
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