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Skeleton Justice
Forensic expert Dr. Michael Baden of the HBO series Autopsy and trial attorney and legal commentator Linda Kenney Baden bring us a chilling new thriller featuring their crack crime-fighting duo: Dr. Jake Rosen, world-famous pathologist, deputy chief medical examiner, and devoted scientist; and top litigator Manny Manfreda, who is as lovely (and accessorized) as she is guts...more
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published
June 16th 2009
by Knopf
(first published 2008)
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America may have a recent vampire obsession, bringing novel after novel on the topic to bookshop shelves, but with Skeleton Justice readers are given a fresh take on an overdone genre. Authors Dr Michael Biden and Linda Kenney Biden weave together a complicated story of a serial killer proud to be coined “The Vampire” by numerous New York City newspapers. At a time when over played media stories cloud our reality the idea of a serial killer using news agencies to his advantage is something we ...more
I was not disappointed. I read their debute novel "Remains SIlent" in which Jake Rosen and Manny Manfreda meet when there are bones discover on a development site. This time Jake is working on a case of a someone that accosts people in their homes and takes blood. The whole case is just a little weird until people die and there seems to be no connection between the cases. In the mean time Manny has been hired to defend a teenager charged with a bombing that nearly takes out a judge...more
I have read everything I can written by Michael Baden since I was a Criminal Justice major in college. I loved his books on the forensic process and his different cases. I have always enjoyed his clinical take on the tough aspects of the job of being a medical examiner. I liked his writing so much that I wanted to be a medical examiner until I bought the MCAT study guide and those dreams were set aside.
When he wrote his first novel, I was shocked to see a more human side of him. Wri...more
When he wrote his first novel, I was shocked to see a more human side of him. Wri...more
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This is a good mystery book. A husband and wife team are writing about a man and woman team(?) whoc just happen to have their backgrounds (forensics and legal).
This is the second novel they have written. It is a good novel and is interesting and a good read.
Mystery readers will enjoy this book.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
This is the second novel they have written. It is a good novel and is interesting and a good read.
Mystery readers will enjoy this book.
J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"
I really liked the first book in this series but maybe I just wasn't in the mood to read this one. I finished it but it just seemed really simplistic--almost like a James Patterson but maybe still a step above.
I had hopes for this one but I was disappointed.
I had hopes for this one but I was disappointed.
if you've ever thought about writing a mystery book and have not done much preparation or planning, this is what your book will turn out like. predictable, plodding, and a poor attempt to be what it clearly is not and will never be, a page turner.
A serial killer who draws blood from his victims to what purpose. This was a pretty good book with medical stuff which I like. The author hosts a TV show called Autopsy on HBO.
What do a high school student, a terrorist attack, and a predator who steals blood from unsuspecting people blood have in common?
So thrilling and exciting and beautifuly writen
Really great book
really realistic
not recomended for the squemesh :)
Really great book
really realistic
not recomended for the squemesh :)
It was an entertaining mystery. The storyline wasn't quite as twisted as I prefer but still an enjoyable read.
Mildly entertaining as far as the story line goes. I enjoyed the main characters and that is why I kept reading it.
I liked the mystery this book held, but I didn't like one of the "supporting" characters.
So much for choosing a book by its cover...
ok. interesting enough to keep me going, but sort of flat.
not sure that I will read much more
too cute probably for my tastes
too cute probably for my tastes
very predictable
Carol
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Trite, trite trite, and not well written either.
Good read but I liked the first book better.
It's an easy read but the storyline is a bit slow, lacks investigative plots (everything investigated fits together too easily) and the ending is a little predictable and therefore disappointing.
Sarahbeth0404
marked it as to-read
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