Ceremony Cast of Characters

Meet the team in my new series, Murders of Substance. You can buy Book 1, Ceremony, from my author store or from your favorite ebook retailer.

THE CORE TEAM

Recurring characters in the series, including federal investigators for the Controlled Substance Analysis Bureau (CSAB - pronounced See- Sab).

• Dr. Kep Woodhead: A forensic toxicologist in his early fifties, Dr. Woodhead is a both an expert in poisons and a “supersmeller”—he can detect and specify scents far beyond the olfactory range of most humans. His brusque manner rubs many people the wrong way, including…

• Bernadette Becker: A recently demoted case analyst who has been assigned to manage Dr. Woodhead on relevant cases. Becker is Woodhead’s fifth “handler” in the last twenty-four months. Freshly separated from her husband of nearly fifteen years, Becker is trying to get back on her feet both personally and professionally. 

• Lieutenant Maura Stevenson: Becker’s immediate supervisor runs the CSAB Homicide Liaison Unit and joins Woodhead and Becker on important cases, greasing the wheels with local law enforcement agencies, cutting through red tape, and getting needed resources.

• Curtis Janek: a young, enterprising tech analyst and researcher for the CSAB unit. Janek is a computer whiz and wants to climb the ladder at the bureau.

• Barlow Finnegan: Bernadette’s estranged husband and soon-to-be ex.

• Sophie Finnegan: Bernadette’s twelve-year old daughter.

THE CASE

Victims, suspects and other characters in Milwaukee

• Thomas Kyme: Found dead in a reconstructed chapel on the Kilbourn Tech campus said to have been where Anne...Read More