When a dead body is found in the cargo hold of a ship arriving from Belgium, Dr. Kay Scarpetta is called in to investigate and she soon finds herself trying to outwit a brutal killer who calls himself The Werewolf.
When the site of his daughter's upcoming wedding burns down, Wyoming Sheriff Walt Longmire and his friend, Henry Standing Bear, witness the falling death of a young Crow woman and are recruited into an investigation that incites the wrath of the bride-to-be.
A merciless man with a haunted past, FBI agent Kilraven can't help being attracted to Winnie Sinclair, a shy 911 operator. When he makes the disturbing discovery that her family's unsavory past might have a bearing on his cold case, Winnie is determined to help him crack it--and the ice around this Texan's heart.
Examines the forensic techniques used to solve crimes, with information on ballistics, fingerprinting, crime scene investigation, DNA matching, blood typing, and post-mortem examination.
A journalist reports on what he witnessed while shadowing an LAPD detective team throughout the course of one summer in South Central Los Angeles, revealing the effects of the unremitting violence on the cops, killers, the victims, and their families.
"Explains how crime scene investigation experts use evidence and science to identify murder victims, determine when and how they were killed, and track down who committed the murder. Includes case files and case studies of real murder cases"--Provided by publisher.