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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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Supernatural sparks fly
between a bookseller
& her hard-boiled ghost.


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If Her Highness thinks I’ll let another man claim her and my child, she’s lost her royal mind. Sophaya’s mine.


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She found a body. Then she started asking the wrong questions.


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He ghosted her ten years ago. Now she’s stuck with him for Christmas.


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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

Forensics and Fiction by D.P. Lyle

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Rigged, May 2020
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Sunshine State, June 2019
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A-List, February 2019
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A-List, December 2017
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Deep Six, July 2016
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Run To Ground, August 2012
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2013 Edgar Award Finalists 2013 Edgar Award Finalists More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Wri, April 2012
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SIck RIch, January 2012
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Royal Pains, June 2011
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Stress Fracture, April 2010
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Forensics and Fiction, September 2007
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Murder and Mayhem, January 2003
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FORENSICS AND FICTION
By: D.P. Lyle

Minotaur Books
September 2007
On Sale: August 21, 2007
320 pages
ISBN: 0312365519
EAN: 9780312365516
Kindle: B0056IAY16
Hardcover / e-Book
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How long can someone survive in a cold, damp cave without food or water? How was diphtheria treated in 1886? Can Botox kill? Can DNA be found on a knife years later? How are mummified corpses identified? How long does it take blood to clot when spilled on a tile floor? What happens in death from electrocution?

As a consultant to many novelists around the world and to the writers of such popular TV shows as Monk, Law & Order, House, and CSI: Miami, D. P. Lyle, M.D., has answered many cool, clever, and oddball questions over the years. Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers is a collection of the best of these questions. The answers are provided in a concise and entertaining fashion that will keep you wide awake so you can read “just one more.”