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The Christopher Killer (Forensic Mysteries #1)
As the daughter of a Colorado County coroner, seventeen-yearold Cameryn Mahoney is no stranger to death. in fact, she’s always been fascinated by the science of it. so she’s thrilled to finally get some hands-on experience in forensics working as her father’s assistant. but Cammie is in for more than she bargained for when the second case that she attends turns out to be s...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
February 28th 2008
by Puffin
(first published May 4th 2006)
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Sep 11, 2009
Mr. Z
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5 of 5 stars
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a-classroom-library,
mystery
Young Cameryn's father is the town's coroner. Since Cameryn dreams of becoming a forensic pathologist someday and her father is overworked, she begs her dad to allow her to become his assistant. When he finally gives him, Cameryn is all smiles--until the dead bodies start appearing and The Christopher Killer's victims become more personal than Cameryn ever thought possible. Suddenly a target, Cameryn must solve the serial murder's case before she becomes part of the file. There are few better my...more
The Christopher Killer
By Elaine Ferguson
Review by Cooper Christiancy
You’ve read at about jobs like policemen, and firemen, and doctors, right? Well, in this stunning book, The Christopher Killer, author Elaine Ferguson introduces a whole new kind of work: forensic science.
The Christopher Killer follows a teenage girl, Cameryn, through the life as a normal girl, but then as the coroner’s assistant to her father, the coroner of Silverton, Colorado, their hometown. But soon Cameryn is faced with...more
By Elaine Ferguson
Review by Cooper Christiancy
You’ve read at about jobs like policemen, and firemen, and doctors, right? Well, in this stunning book, The Christopher Killer, author Elaine Ferguson introduces a whole new kind of work: forensic science.
The Christopher Killer follows a teenage girl, Cameryn, through the life as a normal girl, but then as the coroner’s assistant to her father, the coroner of Silverton, Colorado, their hometown. But soon Cameryn is faced with...more
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The Christopher Killer is about 17 year old Cameryn Mahoney, who has the annoying habit of challenging her elders. She also has the unshakable desire to be a forensic pathologist and a very strong stomach. This comes in handy during the autopsy of a friend,the latest victim of a serial killer whose signature is a St.Christopher's medal left with each body. The vivid autopsy scenes are surprising given the fairly routine story line and agreeable though certainly not complex,characters.It's Cammie...more
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This book is about a young highschool student, Cameryn Mahony, who becomes a ferensics patholigist. Her father highers her as his assistant. She is a very intelligent 17-year-old who just happens to be very close to her first case. One of her friends, Racheal, was killed by a very cunning serial killer. Cameryn is torn between 2 worlds- the world of science and the world of the dead. When she meets Dr. Jewel, she is a certain sceptic but Dr. Jewel has the power to tweak Cameryn's mind to make he...more
The Christopher Killer
By Alane Ferguson
Review by Erik Pawlowski
Alane Ferguson, author of The Christopher Killer, writes with unbelievable description. She could turn a one-word subject into a whole book, and this is part of the reason why this book is so good.
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The Christopher Killer’s main character is Cameron Mahoney, who dreams of following in her father, Pat Mahoney’s footsteps as a County Coroner. The only obstacle in her way is her grandma, who she refers to as mammaw. That doesn’t stop...more
By Alane Ferguson
Review by Erik Pawlowski
Alane Ferguson, author of The Christopher Killer, writes with unbelievable description. She could turn a one-word subject into a whole book, and this is part of the reason why this book is so good.
* * *
The Christopher Killer’s main character is Cameron Mahoney, who dreams of following in her father, Pat Mahoney’s footsteps as a County Coroner. The only obstacle in her way is her grandma, who she refers to as mammaw. That doesn’t stop...more
Nov 01, 2008
Donalyn
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
CSI and mystery fans
Shelves:
ya-mystery
I would describe the Forensic Mystery series as Nancy Drew meets CSI. Cameryn Mahoney, the protagonist, is the daughter of the Colorado County coroner, and she is obsessed with forensics.
Convincing her father to hire her as his assistant, Cammie joins her father to investigate the first murder in her town in several years. When the killer gets too close, Cammie fights to solve the crime before she becomes one of his victims.
The descriptions of the crime scene, the victim, and the details of an...more
Convincing her father to hire her as his assistant, Cammie joins her father to investigate the first murder in her town in several years. When the killer gets too close, Cammie fights to solve the crime before she becomes one of his victims.
The descriptions of the crime scene, the victim, and the details of an...more
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Are you a fan of CSI or Bones? If so, this series is for you. Alane Ferguson has written a good forensic mystery. Cameryn Mahoney is a seventeen-year-old with dreams to become a forensic pathologist. She is in a great position to do so with her father being the county coroner. The budget problems have prevented the county from hiring an assistant for him and the work load has been too much. So, he asks Cameryn to be his assistant and she accepts, even though her Mammaw (Irish way of referring to...more
Jun 17, 2007
Lucy
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2 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
people who like crappy mysteries
17-year-old Cameryn Mahoney's dad is the town's forensic pathologist, and Cameryn wants nothing more than to follow in his footsteps. When she convinces him to make her his assistant, she has no idea that one of the first deaths she'll investigate is that of her friend Rachel. Rachel is the fourth victim in a string of killings known as Christopher Killings, girls who are strangled and then left with St. Christopher medals on their corpses.
Cameryn throws herself into the forensic work, trying to...more
Cameryn throws herself into the forensic work, trying to...more
Jul 16, 2008
Liz
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4 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
People who enjoy shows such as Bones, CSI, and Criminal Minds.
Recommended to Liz by:
The library.
This is a extremely mature young adult novel. Cameryn Mahoney is our protaganist, a senior in high school, almost 18. She's always wanted to be a forensic pathologist. Her father is the local coroner in Silverton, CO. When he complains that he can't get the budget for an assistant, he takes Cameryn's suggestion & hires her (out of his pocket). Naturally, this is a boon for her when one of Cameryn's friends becomes the fourth victim of the Christopher Killer, who has been killing young women...more
Oct 27, 2007
Jess
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4 of 5 stars
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juvenile-ya-fiction,
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Cammie is the daughter of the county coroner. She is fasicinated by forensic pathology. She pleads with her father for a job as his assistant, and one of the first cases is her co-worker from the hotel she works at. It's part of a series of murders by the Christopher Killer, who leaves a St. Christopher medal with each victim. A psychic shows up in town, having predicted this and other murders, and Cammie throws herself into the case to find this killer, to bring justice for her friend. Great bo...more
The Christopher Killer
By: Alane Ferguson
Review by: Atira Meyer
I don’t know much about forensics, or serial killers but author Alane Ferguson wrote The Christopher Killer in such a realistic way, it made me want to learn more. But I didn’t need to do research to know about serial killers, forensics and what an autopsy is like. Alane Ferguson described everything accurately with vivid detail.
The Christopher Killer is mainly about Cameryn, or Cammie, who is the daughter of a Colorado County coron...more
By: Alane Ferguson
Review by: Atira Meyer
I don’t know much about forensics, or serial killers but author Alane Ferguson wrote The Christopher Killer in such a realistic way, it made me want to learn more. But I didn’t need to do research to know about serial killers, forensics and what an autopsy is like. Alane Ferguson described everything accurately with vivid detail.
The Christopher Killer is mainly about Cameryn, or Cammie, who is the daughter of a Colorado County coron...more
The Christopher Killer
Author: Alane Fergusen
Review: Evan Kobler
Alane Fergusen is a great writer. This book, The Christopher Killer, is one out of many books she has written. I love the way she describes all of those things that happen to Cameron, the main character. It feels almost as if you can feel what she is going through. The way she describes her heart pounding her against ribs makes me feel that way when I read it.
One of my favorite parts is when Cameron is hiding away from this so cal...more
Author: Alane Fergusen
Review: Evan Kobler
Alane Fergusen is a great writer. This book, The Christopher Killer, is one out of many books she has written. I love the way she describes all of those things that happen to Cameron, the main character. It feels almost as if you can feel what she is going through. The way she describes her heart pounding her against ribs makes me feel that way when I read it.
One of my favorite parts is when Cameron is hiding away from this so cal...more
The Christopher killer
by Alane Perguson
review by Conner Works
I've never done any research on people being murdered, but during the book it made me feel like I was an investigator trying to track down a killer. The author "Alane Perguson"did a great job of always leaving you hanging. When you finish a chapter you always want to read more to try to find out who thee killer is.
Cameryn is the main character who is trying to figure out who killed Rachel, an older girl from her town and school. Her da...more
by Alane Perguson
review by Conner Works
I've never done any research on people being murdered, but during the book it made me feel like I was an investigator trying to track down a killer. The author "Alane Perguson"did a great job of always leaving you hanging. When you finish a chapter you always want to read more to try to find out who thee killer is.
Cameryn is the main character who is trying to figure out who killed Rachel, an older girl from her town and school. Her da...more
The book "The Christopher Killer" is about a 17 year old girl named Camryn who lives in the small town of Silverton, Colorado. Camryn is interested in forensics, and joins her dad, the coroner, to get some first hand expierience. But things take an unexpected turn when the dead body of a girl shows up in Silverton with a St. Christopher medal on it. The calling card for the notorious murderer, The Christopher Killer. Camryn soon plants herself in the middle of the investigation and finds out on...more
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In the story the Christopher Killer a girl named Cameryn Miller is in love with forensic science and that’s what she wants to be when she grows up. When she was young her mother left and lives in New York City so now her grandmother and her dad raise her. Her grandmother hates the idea that she will be a forensic scientist and won’t let her do it but she still does because her dad offers her an internship.
Right when she starts a terrible murder happens in the small town of Silv...more
In the story the Christopher Killer a girl named Cameryn Miller is in love with forensic science and that’s what she wants to be when she grows up. When she was young her mother left and lives in New York City so now her grandmother and her dad raise her. Her grandmother hates the idea that she will be a forensic scientist and won’t let her do it but she still does because her dad offers her an internship.
Right when she starts a terrible murder happens in the small town of Silv...more
Book review by Cameron Svoboda
The Christopher Killer
Alane Ferguson
CHRISTOPHER KILLER
I really liked this book because the author kept you on the edge and that made you want to keep reading The Christopher Killer. I would gladly read the other books because every time Mrs. Ridder said “I am going to stop for today,” the whole class would moan,” NO”. Now I don’t know much about forensics and autopsy but Alane Ferguson made it feel like I did. And I did learn some things about it anyway. There are...more
The Christopher Killer
Alane Ferguson
CHRISTOPHER KILLER
I really liked this book because the author kept you on the edge and that made you want to keep reading The Christopher Killer. I would gladly read the other books because every time Mrs. Ridder said “I am going to stop for today,” the whole class would moan,” NO”. Now I don’t know much about forensics and autopsy but Alane Ferguson made it feel like I did. And I did learn some things about it anyway. There are...more
Nov 21, 2008
Matt
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
everyone that likes mysteries
Bang! I thought. Wow! I liked how the author used so much description when the christopher killer got down on his knees and looked under the bed. Cameryn is a 17-year old girl looking to become a pathologist. I think Cameryn is a very clever girl and strong. I would give this 8 out of ten stars. I thought it was very good and can't wait to read the second one. I like how Alane Ferguson gets you to like the characters so much that you get to feel the pain and joy that they have. If you ask me thi...more
This book was one that I could hardly put down. It is a book where a girl named Rachel gets killed and her friend Cameryn tries to find out who did it. When she does find out who did it, she has the surprise of her life.Cameryn and Rachel were best friends and both worked at the Grand hotel until Rachel's murder rips Cameryn's world apart. When Dr. Jewel comes to town (literally) he tricks everyone into thinking that he's real.Only Cameryn suspects that he's a fake. When you read this book, you...more
I've read about lots of murder scenes, but no one has ever given me as good of a picture as Alane Ferguson. In the Christopher she does an amazing job of describing everything while still keeping the story suspenseful.
In my point of view this book is very well written because it had a lot of action. Just enough to make me want to keep reading, but not so much that it was hard to follow.
On Cameryn's second case after she decides to be a forensics scientist with her dad, she goes p into the mounta...more
In my point of view this book is very well written because it had a lot of action. Just enough to make me want to keep reading, but not so much that it was hard to follow.
On Cameryn's second case after she decides to be a forensics scientist with her dad, she goes p into the mounta...more
Really not impressed. Only for a few reasons.
1. ...I read books about dragons, magic, the surreal reality; but, I refuse to read a book about a 17 year old who is a publicly unlicensed forensic pathologist. I'm sorry, you don't let a 17 perform an autopsy on on a murder victim. Even if she catches the murder (in 3 days?!) They'd throw out the case because she touched the evidence. I'm sorry. Did the state hire her? What is her degree?
It's not petty. The author is asking me to believe something...more
1. ...I read books about dragons, magic, the surreal reality; but, I refuse to read a book about a 17 year old who is a publicly unlicensed forensic pathologist. I'm sorry, you don't let a 17 perform an autopsy on on a murder victim. Even if she catches the murder (in 3 days?!) They'd throw out the case because she touched the evidence. I'm sorry. Did the state hire her? What is her degree?
It's not petty. The author is asking me to believe something...more
WOW. How to start on this book? I actually tried to read this book in high school, but some of my classmates had a car accident and unfortunately died, and I did not feel like reading a book about dead people so I stopped. But I did started it, I thought I would be able to deal with it, but I was SO wrong. It was too hard. So I decided to try it out again, ironically a few weeks ago, another classmate of the class before mine suffered an accident and died too. Anyways, when I read this book, I d...more
In the small town of Silverton, Colorado, lives a teenage girl names Cameryn Mahoney. She's kind of an odd duck, living with her coroner father and her Irish Catholic Meemaw (Grandma). Cameryn is fascinated with forensic science, and somehow convinces her father that she would be perfect as his assistant. When Cameryn visits her first crime scene with her father, she becomes ill. Since that went so well, her father takes her to observe an autopsy for a murder victim recently found in the woods....more
The Christopher Killer is a very interesting book to read. Especially since it takes place her ein Colorado. Its in Silverton, Colorado and theres hasnt been a murder there in years. Cameryn is a teenage daughter of Pat, the county coroner. He thinks its not a bad idea for his daughter to be his assistant since many murders dont even happen there. But both are surprisingly shocked when there first case has to do with the murder of someone Cameryn knows. Theres been a series of Murders here by a...more
Cameryn's father is the area's county coroner, and our story opens with Cameryn asking if she can be her father's assistant. She's been studying forensic science for a while and would love to 'get her feet wet', as it were. Hesitantly, her father agrees, as he is shorthanded and has a small budget. Cameryn proves herself on the first case, but things start to get personal on the second--someone she knows has been found strangled and left in the woods. The added twist to the story is someone call...more
This book was full of surprises. It was definitely a page turner! Mix in some death, a long-lost mother making her re-appearance, a crazed physic, a dead twin, and some soon-to-be romance, and you have the perfect book for all ages!
Always interested in forensics, Cassie Mahoney becomes the assistant the coroner - her father. But when one of her friends show up dead, she is on the case. In order to find the killer of her dearly departed, she will break laws, and put her trust in to the so calle...more
This book sucked me in from the very first chapter. I had no idea it would be so interesting. Cameryn Mahoney is 17 years old and she is an assistant to her father, the Silverton, Colorado County Coroner. She is hellbent on becoming a forensic pathologist and she thinks this will be a great start. But as soon as she begins, things get crazy. There is a serial murderer out there and he has come to Silverton. So she sees some pretty horrific things and has to deal with the finding of a body of som...more
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The book that i read was christopher killer.The book was good but it took kinda long before it got to the interesting parts.Its about forentics and how this girl had wanted to study how to be in forentics science.I liked how they got to study how to find things out and who did it and so on.I loved that it was about mistery.The greastest part of the book was how there were clues on who did things and who was innocent and things like that.I would liked to seen the book give more detai...more
The book that i read was christopher killer.The book was good but it took kinda long before it got to the interesting parts.Its about forentics and how this girl had wanted to study how to be in forentics science.I liked how they got to study how to find things out and who did it and so on.I loved that it was about mistery.The greastest part of the book was how there were clues on who did things and who was innocent and things like that.I would liked to seen the book give more detai...more
I am so proud of myself for reading outside of my normal genre. The Christopher Killer is a realistic forensic murder mystery… A far cry from my normal fantasy books. Even though this is not my usual type of read, I enjoyed it.
One of the things I noticed right away about this book was the level of detail that went into developing the plot. If I were writing a forensic mystery novel, I would base my entire content off of what I saw on CSI and Law and Order. Seriously. The author spent a lot of t...more
One of the things I noticed right away about this book was the level of detail that went into developing the plot. If I were writing a forensic mystery novel, I would base my entire content off of what I saw on CSI and Law and Order. Seriously. The author spent a lot of t...more
Cameryn's father is the coroner of their little town of Silverton, Colorado, a place where murder just doesn't happen. Cameryn wants a career in forensic pathology, so she asks her father if she can be his assistant to gain some experience, this seems like a good idea at first.
Then, the Christopher Killer strikes again! And this time it's Cameryn's friend, Rachel, who is killed. Cameryn must now use all her forensic knowledge and quick thinking to find the killer... because the famous Physic, D...more
Then, the Christopher Killer strikes again! And this time it's Cameryn's friend, Rachel, who is killed. Cameryn must now use all her forensic knowledge and quick thinking to find the killer... because the famous Physic, D...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 thir...more
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“No, that's because there are more interesting things to do."
Her grandmother looked at her sharply. "Like cutting into dead bodies"
Carmeryn swallowed back her irration. "Yeah-the live one kick too much.”
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Her grandmother looked at her sharply. "Like cutting into dead bodies"
Carmeryn swallowed back her irration. "Yeah-the live one kick too much.”
