Marie Corrigan, a much hated Cleveland defense attorney, is
found trussed up and bludgeoned to death inside the
presidential suite of the Ritz-Carlton. No one's sorry to
see her go, but that isn't going to stop Theresa MacLean
from doing her job which is gathering forensic evidence at
the crime scene. When another defense attorney is found
dead in the same method, speculation on a serial killer
targeting attorneys clouds an already explosive situation.
With suspects too numerous to count, Theresa must sift
through the evidence to find the truth behind these murders
before anyone else ends up dead.
DEFENSIVE WOUNDS by Lisa Black has wonderfully rounded
characters who struggle with their personal feelings and
doing what is right for the victim. I really liked that
Marie was such a nasty, complex victim. Finding Marie's
humanity throughout the story was one of the more
interesting details that I felt really sets this book
apart. I didn't just see Marie as an unethical defense
attorney but as a woman with her own insecurities and fears
and I was left to wonder about some of her motivations and
past.
Theresa though is absolutely the main character and her
complexity and her view is what allows readers to see
the world in these various shades of grey. She's absolutely
fabulous and real. Her worry about being a good parent is
spot on. Theresa wants to protect her daughter Rachael from
all the horrific acts that she sees every day through her
work, but at the same time, she wants to prepare her
daughter for the world Rachael must live in. It's such a
delicate line of trust and fear and one all parents worry
about.
All the shades of right and wrong, the complexity of the
world, are beautifully and painfully detailed. If you're a
fan of forensic novels like Tess Gerritsen and Kathy Reich,
then you'll love Lisa Black's Theresa MacLean novels and
especially DEFENSIVE WOUNDS.
“There are many forensic experts. There are many writers.
Rarely, however, do the two meld as seamlessly and
synergistically as Lisa Black.”—Sacramento Book Review “She
is, quite simply, one of the best storytellers around.”—Tess
Gerritsen A former forensic scientist with the Cleveland
coroner’s office, Lisa Black knows the world she writes
about, as she has proven in the past with her gripping
thrillers featuring Theresa MacLean (Takeover, Evidence of
Murder, Trail of Blood). With Defensive Wounds, Black
delivers possibly her most sensational crime fiction
masterwork to date—a stunning tale of forensic expert
MacLean’s investigation into the brutal murder of a criminal
defense attorney at a Cleveland convention that reveals the
frightening presence of a serial killer prowling the city.
The forensic police thriller remains one of the most popular
sub-genres in contemporary mystery fiction, and Defensive
Wounds once again proves that Lisa Black is one of the “big
guns,” in the top tier alongside Patricia Cornwell, Kathy
Reichs, Jefferson Bass, and Michael Connelly.
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