What Lies Behind
J.T. Ellison
Mira, May
26 2015, $24.95
ISBN
9780778316503
Leaving the perilous law
enforcement field work somewhat behind, Dr. Samantha Owens chairs Georgetown University Medical School’s
Forensic Pathology Department. The FBI
also employs her as an expert on cases.
Sirens in her Georgetown neighborhood wake her up. With Thor, Sam goes to look at what is
happening so close to her home. Homicide
Lieutenant Darren Fletcher leads the investigation into what appears to be a
murder-suicide with the latter barely alive rushed to the hospital. Two intoxicated underage students including
the deceased male’s former girlfriend found the victims. Darren asks Sam to look at the crime scene;
the former D.C medical examiner concludes a third person made it look like the
man murdered the woman and tried to kill himself.
Sam’s boyfriend Xander and his partner Chalk protect affluent
British entrepreneur James Denon, while he is on business in America. Their service overlaps with Fletch’s
inquiry. Meanwhile the Feds order the
police detective and his advisor to back down at a time when evidence mounts of
a pending bioterrorist attack.
The fourth Samantha Owens mystery (see When Shadows Fall, A Deeper Darkness and Edge of Black) is
a very byzantine whodunit that grows exponentially more complicated (to our
delight) with every new clue. Incredibly
fast-paced, readers will relish this tremendous suspense thriller; while also
waiting for the next confrontation between the heroine and a person taunting
her.
Harriet Klausner
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