Lisa Black spent the happiest five years of her life in a morgue. Strange, perhaps, but true. After ten years as a secretary, she went back to school to get a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Cleveland State University. In her job as a forensic scientist at the Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office, she analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes.
She had her life sorted out just the way she liked it until her husband got fed up with Cleveland snow and moved them to Florida, 1400 miles away from her family and her career. Not that she's bitter or anything. Now she works as a latent print examiner for the city of Cape Coral, Florida, police department, working mostly with fingerprints and crime scenes.
She had her life sorted out just the way she liked it until her husband got fed up with Cleveland snow and moved them to Florida, 1400 miles away from her family and her career. Not that she's bitter or anything. Now she works as a latent print examiner for the city of Cape Coral, Florida, police department, working mostly with fingerprints and crime scenes.
Genres: Mystery
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Theresa MacLean
1. Takeover (2008)
2. Evidence of Murder (2009)
3. Trail of Blood (2010)
4. Defensive Wounds (2011)
5. Blunt Impact (2013)
6. The Price of Innocence (2013)
7. Close to the Bone (2014)
1. Takeover (2008)
2. Evidence of Murder (2009)
3. Trail of Blood (2010)
4. Defensive Wounds (2011)
5. Blunt Impact (2013)
6. The Price of Innocence (2013)
7. Close to the Bone (2014)
Gardiner and Renner
1. That Darkness (2016)
2. Unpunished (2017)
3. Perish (2018)
4. Suffer the Children (2018)
5. Let Justice Descend (2019)
6. Every Kind of Wicked (2020)
1. That Darkness (2016)
2. Unpunished (2017)
3. Perish (2018)
4. Suffer the Children (2018)
5. Let Justice Descend (2019)
6. Every Kind of Wicked (2020)
Locard Institute
1. Red Flags (2022)
2. What Harms You (2023)
3. The Deepest Kill (2024)
4. Not Who We Expected (2025)
1. Red Flags (2022)
2. What Harms You (2023)
3. The Deepest Kill (2024)
4. Not Who We Expected (2025)
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