Claudia Rose is a forensic handwriting expert and her
current job is to determine whether or not an elderly man's
will is authentic. Paige Sorensen's adult step-children,
twins Dane and Diana, are contesting the will in which
their father, Torg, left Paige a private school for girls
in Bel Air and plenty of cash to go along with it.
As Claudia becomes more involved in Paige's life, she
becomes more involved in the school and with Annabelle, the
school's most troubled student. Annabelle Giordano's father
Dominic has power, money, and influence, which he uses to
smooth over the problems Annabelle stirs up. What he
doesn't have is any interest in making his daughter feel
important or loved.
The more Claudia tries to help Paige and Annabelle, the
less she understands about the situation. After Paige and
Annabelle disappear over the Christmas school break,
Claudia becomes concerned. She asks her boyfriend Joel
Jovanic, a detective with the LAPD, to see what he can find
out, but the answers don't wind-up coming through official
channels. The real mysteries are solved by Claudia
stumbling on clues and taking matters into her own hands.
WRITTEN IN BLOOD continues the series as Claudia shows she
is a force to be reckoned with, by friends and foes
alike. There is some bit of romantic entanglement with
Joel, but it seems that the next book might be where that
storyline is truly developed. The information on the how's
and the why's of forensic handwriting is really
interesting and different. This is a series with a harder
edge, but no graphic violence, and may appeal to fans of
Patricia Cornwell.
When beautiful young widow, Paige Sorensen, is accused by her stepchildren of forging their father's will and handwriting expert Claudia Rose is retained to defend her, Claudia has no idea that she will soon become embroiled in a violent family battle. As she grows to know Paige better, she also develops a mentoring relationship with a troubled young student at the Sorensen Academy, helping her with graphotherapy. A shocking disappearance puts the spotlight on the student, and Claudia is forced to use every scrap of her wits and her courage to discover what happened and whether her young friend is really a brutal criminal.
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