Burial Of Ghosts by Ann Cleeves

25 year old Lizzie grew up in the care system and became a social worker, when a work incident pushes her to take a travel break. While away, she has a quick fling, but arrives home to find that the man she slept with has died, and left her a sum of money and a …

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Livid: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia Cornwell

Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta is the star witness in a polarising case that's creating civil unrest, when the sister of the presiding judge is murdered under strange circumstances. The body shows no sign of physical violence and there are also dead plants, insects and small animals. As Scarpetta begins her investigation, she meets resistance …

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Bad City: Peril and power in the city of Angels by Paul Pringle

When Paul Pringle got a tip about an overdose at a fancy hotel and the involvement of a medical man, he thought the story would be a quick one to complete. But the man at the hotel was Dean of Medicine at USC, Carmen Puliafito, and the University had it's fingers in a lot of …

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