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The Angel of Death (Forensic Mystery #2)
Being a coroner's assistant means that Cameryn has seen more gore than your average seventeen-year-old. But even Cammie is shocked when Kyle O'Neil, the most popular guy in school, discovers the gruesome corpse of their English teacher murdered in his own bed. As Cammie gets involved in the case, she finds herself drawn to Kyle, and considers trusting him with the secret t...more
Hardcover, 260 pages
Published
September 21st 2006
by Viking Books
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Cameryn Mahoney has an unusual side job--she's assistant to the county coroner--who happens to be her father. But she didn't get the job through nepotism--Cammie is good at death.
But this time, the case may be too gruesome for even Cammie to handle. When her teacher is found dead in his bed, discovered by Kyle O'Neil, one of his Eagle Scouts, Cammie is horrified to discover that his eyes are burned out--indeed, Mr. Oaks has been cooked from the inside out.
The case is ...more
But this time, the case may be too gruesome for even Cammie to handle. When her teacher is found dead in his bed, discovered by Kyle O'Neil, one of his Eagle Scouts, Cammie is horrified to discover that his eyes are burned out--indeed, Mr. Oaks has been cooked from the inside out.
The case is ...more
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I had the suspects narrowed down to two pretty early in the book and had figured out how the person was killed pretty close to the start. There wasn't enough focus on the forensics in this book and I would have liked the M.E. and the coroner folks, Cammie included, to discuss more about how the murder could have been done. Instead, we get a hint at it towards the end of the book with a vague reference to a microwave mess, like we haven't made that connection already, or at least I had. I just...more
The next big case for Cameryn Mahoney comes in the most disturbing death anyone has ever seen. When Kyle O’Neil finds the body of beloved teacher Mr. Oakes, everyone is troubled by the way he is killed—the insides of his body seems like he’s been cooked alive, but there isn’t proof. Now that Cameryn’s mother is about to make an appearance in her life, and she’s trying to juggle her fast-paced relationship with Kyle, it’s going to take a lot of effort for her to crack this case.
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An intricately written novel, Alane Ferguson keeps you guessing the twists and turns of "The Angel of
Death." The story is told in the perspective of seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney as the daughter of her coroner father. Her being the daughter she is means that she has seen more gore than your average teenager. Cammie is plunged into the world where she must distinguish which is reality and which is fantasy when her pupil, Kyle O'Neil, finds the remaining corpse of her English ...more
Death." The story is told in the perspective of seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney as the daughter of her coroner father. Her being the daughter she is means that she has seen more gore than your average teenager. Cammie is plunged into the world where she must distinguish which is reality and which is fantasy when her pupil, Kyle O'Neil, finds the remaining corpse of her English ...more
Oh, my: the YA version of Kay Scarpetta. Teenage Cameryn helps her dad with autopsies (would this be legal? I wonder), because she wants to be Scarpetta when she grows up. When high school heartthrob Kyle discovers a popular teacher grotesquely murdered and then seems to want to make geeky Cameryn his number one squeeze, it doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to work out what's going on. It takes Cameryn the best part of 250 pages, though. I was annoyed that the author was sufficiently irrespons...more
Cameryn (Cammie) Mahoney is like any seventeen year old girl in high school. She keeps secrets from her family, has some bumps in her relationship with her father and her best friend, and she is starting a new relationship, while someone is waiting in the wings for her. What makes Cammie unlike most seventeen year olds is she is a paid assistant to the county coroner, who just happens to be her father.
In this sequel to the Christopher Killer, Cammie is once again involved with a murde...more
In this sequel to the Christopher Killer, Cammie is once again involved with a murde...more
Snapshot: Cammeryn Mahony is a seventeen-year-old girl with an unusual job; she works for her father as the assistant coroner. Cammie, as her friends call her, has seen more gore than the average person. However, she wasn’t prepared for this latest mystery. Her English teacher has been murdered in his own house, his corpse found on his bed with no sort of forced entry or clue of who and how he was killed. Kyle O’neil, the most popular guy in the school found the corpse. Although Cammie didn’t wa...more
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In "Angel of Death." Cameryn is once face-to-face with death. Except this time, it's not just your regular "natural" it's her English teacher, Mr. Oaks. Upon finding a dead dog earlier that day with Deputy Crowley that attained the same condition as Mr. Oaks, she and Justin bring it up. But being the man of coincidence, Sheriff dismissed the idea immediately. Both the dog and the human being seem to have been cooked from the inside out - literally...more
In "Angel of Death." Cameryn is once face-to-face with death. Except this time, it's not just your regular "natural" it's her English teacher, Mr. Oaks. Upon finding a dead dog earlier that day with Deputy Crowley that attained the same condition as Mr. Oaks, she and Justin bring it up. But being the man of coincidence, Sheriff dismissed the idea immediately. Both the dog and the human being seem to have been cooked from the inside out - literally...more
The Angel of Death isn't one of my favorite books. Its about this girls who's name is Cameryn Mahoney. She has seen more gore than the average seventeen-year-old. But even she is shocked when Kyle, the most popular guy in school finds the gruesome corpse of their English teacher murdered in his own bed. Cameryn working closely with the medical examiner, looks for clues as to what might have cause this unusual death. But her personal life threatens to distract her. Kyle is clearly attracted to...more
Angel of Death is the second book in the Forensic Mystery series written by Alane Ferguson. This one picks up where The Christopher Killer left off. Cameryn is back on the case of the latest mysterious death in Silverton, Colorado. Deputy Justin Crowley is trying to get closer to her, but she continues to pull away, allowing the stress of seeing her mother for the first time in fourteen years or so to change her. She basically pulls away from everyone in her life; even her father and best fr...more
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"The Angel of Death" is about seventeen year-old Cameryn Mahoney, who is her dad's assistant coroner. She is basically a split personality, where part of her is the fun-loving teenager, while the other half is the intellectual brain that knows many facts about death. Thus she is given the nickname, the "Angel of Death". In this book (which is my first Alane Ferguson book) a popular guy named Kyle finds their former English teacher dead. Mr. Oakes, the english teacher, was eve...more
In this sequel to The Christopher Killer, Cameryn Mahoney is taken down to size. All of the great elements of the previous book are here (good characterization, romance, mystery, suspense). In fact, there is even more romance than previously in the form of Kyle, Cameryn's peer, but the book was not as compelling for me because Cameryn was a victim who needed to be rescued.
I can see, however, why this book was important to the series. Through the eyes of Cameryn the reader learns abou...more
I can see, however, why this book was important to the series. Through the eyes of Cameryn the reader learns abou...more
I really liked this book. The whole thriller part of it was soooooo good. The whole mystery of it was so ingenious! It was amazing! The plot had lots of twists and turns and was really surprising. Awesome! Let's move on to all the other parts of the book.
The whole relationship between Cameryn and Kyle, Cameryn and Lyric, Cameryn and Hannah, Lyric and Adam, Adam and Cameryn, Adam and Kyle, Kyle and Justin, Cameryn and Mammaw, Cameryn and Dad, Kyle and Mr.Oaks, etc,etc,etc pretty much ki...more
The whole relationship between Cameryn and Kyle, Cameryn and Lyric, Cameryn and Hannah, Lyric and Adam, Adam and Cameryn, Adam and Kyle, Kyle and Justin, Cameryn and Mammaw, Cameryn and Dad, Kyle and Mr.Oaks, etc,etc,etc pretty much ki...more
The Angel of Death by Alane Ferguson is an encasing murder mystery solved by 17 year old Cameryn Mahoney. Cameryn is an assistant coroner to her father and an aspiring forensic pathologist. During the story, Cameryn dates Kyle O’Neil, a boy scout and the person who discovered the murdered victim. Also, while all of this chaos is happening in Cameryn’s life, her mother (who abandoned her) is searching for her, and Cameryn isn’t sure she’s ready for her mom to come into her life.
When Camer...more
When Camer...more
I give kudos to Alane Ferguson for her painstaking research that allowed her to describe an autopsy in such a graphic way that I felt I was standing in the room with the main characters. I question the responsibility of putting such graphic material in books geared toward young adult readers. This is the 2nd book in the series. I did not read the first one: The Christopher Killer, so perhaps I was at a disadvantage because of that. The primary plot of the story revolved around main character Cam...more
hmm... to talk about this book... what to say.. okay. Cammie is back and this time she is really messed up about her mom and then she finds out that her mom is coming to see and talk to her. At the same time she is trying to solve the murder of one of her teachers Brad Oakes, which seems like the best theory at he was zapped by aliens. At the same time she is having problems with Lyric thanks to her keeping secrets from her Dad and worrying about her mom and what really happened in the past that...more
I enjoyed this book although I think it ends too abruptly and leaves the story hanging. Of course I know it was done this way on purpose to force the next book, but an unfinished storyline doesn't make me want to pick up what will likely be just another unfinished storyline. There is an art to actually finishing a book completely and leaving the audience hungry for more. This book misses that mark entirely, but it is an easy enjoyable read regardless. Not sure I would really recommend it to ...more
Similar to the first, a nice murder mystery, but I felt that Cameryn's relationship with her mother and Cameryn's new boyfriend overshadowed the mystery aspect of the book. It also bothered me that Cameryn didn't seem as independent, and let her boyfriend overly influence her. However, the how of the murder was a wonderful twist (I did guess the who, but not the why or how). I also would have liked to see more Colorado weather (snow and super cold temps in November are more realistic, than fl...more
The second book in the Forensic Mystery series. Cameryn is still struggling with the new information she has learned about her long absent mother who now wants to meet her. Has everything she has believed about her family all these years been a lie? Her mother seems to indicate that it has. Now she discovers her father, the coroner for whom she works as an assistant, has a girlfriend. Then, if all this isn't enough, the most popular boy in school discovers their English teacher dead - in particu...more
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Even though the characters and the plot were predictable, it had me pulled in. It was quite easy to figure out who it was by what they said, but I had no clue how they did it. It took me a little bit to get into the book as the beginning was a bit long and dry. But once I was into it, I was hooked.
I like these books, and I am going to read the next book. I like her style of writing and the books are intriguing. Especially all the forensic lingo and the in-depth look. It's nothing like I have ...more
I like these books, and I am going to read the next book. I like her style of writing and the books are intriguing. Especially all the forensic lingo and the in-depth look. It's nothing like I have ...more
(see The Christopher Killer, the first in this series)
Cameryn continues her adventures as a forensic scientist in training, though she’s still in high school. When a dog is found dead, looking as though it exploded from the inside, no one will pay attention to Cameryn and her young deputy sheriff friend. When a popular teacher is found similarly murdered, others begin to pay attention, but is their attention too late and too dismissive to save others’ lives? Who is the killer, and can...more
Cameryn continues her adventures as a forensic scientist in training, though she’s still in high school. When a dog is found dead, looking as though it exploded from the inside, no one will pay attention to Cameryn and her young deputy sheriff friend. When a popular teacher is found similarly murdered, others begin to pay attention, but is their attention too late and too dismissive to save others’ lives? Who is the killer, and can...more
This is the second book in Alane Ferguson's forensic mystery series. The story centers around a murder with some abnormal circumstances. The victim, a popular teacher and scout master in the community, has been cooked from the inside out and there are no apparent clues. Camryn Mahoney, the 17 year Assistant Coroner and daughter of the Coroner of Silverton, gets involved with the investigation and the solving of the mystery ensues. It is a compelling read. The author has done her research an...more
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This was a totally kick butt mystery starring a girl who really needs rto sort out her feelings and not trust complete psychopaths. I guess, though, she didn't know at the time he was a psychopath. This character must have also been a zombie because he didn't seem to feel anything whatsoever. He was a manipulative little freak who needed to kill people just to try it. I really, really liked this book. It was full of surprising twists and scared you out of your wits in a cool way. ( I knew he was...more
Though I know the author researched this book to ensure that the forensic content is correct (and I'm sure it is), the mystery in the book is easy to see through even though the curious manner of death did keep me reading until the end. What did not keep me reading was Cammie and her struggle to balance boyfriend, missing mother, being assistant to the coroner and all that. I also wished that the book had been written in the first person since all we hear about are Cammie's thought through the...more
Forensic Mystery
By Alan Ferguson
Being a coroner's assistant means that Cameryn has seen more gore than your average seventeen-year-old. But even Cammie is shocked when Kyle O'Neil, the most popular guy in school, discovers the gruesome corpse of their English teacher murdered in his own bed. As Cammie gets involved in the case, she finds herself drawn to Kyle, and considers trusting him with the secret that she can't even tell her father. But when their relationship starts to move...more
By Alan Ferguson
Being a coroner's assistant means that Cameryn has seen more gore than your average seventeen-year-old. But even Cammie is shocked when Kyle O'Neil, the most popular guy in school, discovers the gruesome corpse of their English teacher murdered in his own bed. As Cammie gets involved in the case, she finds herself drawn to Kyle, and considers trusting him with the secret that she can't even tell her father. But when their relationship starts to move...more
First of all, can I just say: I knew it!! I knew who the killer was this whole time!! Ha! But I wont tell who it is 'cause I'm cool like that ;) or evil...depends how you look at it :P Or maybe I'll be so tempted to mention something that I'll have to throw in some spoilers...who knows?
Oh I bet you don’t even know what I'm talking about. I should probably start from the beginning, huh? (Am I still rambling, seriously?!)
As we all know (unless you haven’t read The Christoph...more
Oh I bet you don’t even know what I'm talking about. I should probably start from the beginning, huh? (Am I still rambling, seriously?!)
As we all know (unless you haven’t read The Christoph...more
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Alane Ferguson was born in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1957. She attended the University of Utah and Westminster College where she studied journalism. Later, Alane became interested in writing for children, mostly, she says, to follow the example of her mother, successful author Gloria Skurzynski. Her mother has written over fifty-seven books for children, while Alane is currently completing her t...more
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