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Mysteries-Forensics/Pathologists/Coroners This genre deals with the scientific and technological aspects of solving a crime using forensic science. The forensic pathologist will endeavor to gather information from the postmortem examination that may be of assistance in testing the truth of the account of events leading to the death of a victim and thereby helping the authorities in solving a case. Click on the link in each series to find titles in publication order.
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Mysteries-Forensics/Pathologists/Coroners
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Benjamin BlackFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Quirke series.Quirke is a consultant pathologist in the Dublin city morgue—and a tall, powerful character more at ease among the cold, silent slabs than in the company of his fellow men. Orphaned at a young age, he was raised in a corrupt Irish boarding school, and is now widowed and childless. To most of his acquaintances, and even his mates, Quirke is impatient and intolerant. It seems at times that dead bodies are his only company, but in truth, his profession provides his greatest pleasure. Inquisitive by nature, he is fascinated with unlocking the secrets to the mysterious cadavers' deaths.
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Lisa BlackFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Theresa MacLean series.Theresa is a forensic scientist based in Cleveland who is a crime scene analyst. She often finds herself embroiled in cases in which everyone has a motive and everyone is a suspect.
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Colin CotterillFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Dr. Siri Paiboun series.The monarchy in Laos has been deposed, and the Communists have taken over. Most of the educated class has fled, but Dr. Siri Paiboun, a Paris-trained doctor, remains. And so this 72-year-old physician is appointed state coroner, despite having no training, equipment, experience, or even inclination for the job. He tackles both government indifference and nasty killers in this series.
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Jeffery DeaverFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Lincoln Rhyme series.A cave-in at a crime scene damaged Rhymes’ spinal cord, leaving him a quadriplegic. As the former head of NYPD forensics and now forced into retirement, he assembles a team to be his eyes, ears, and legs at crime scenes to get the evidence he needs to help solve cases. The series is characterized by authentic forensic details and extravagant plotting.
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Aaron ElkinsFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Gideon Oliver series.Professor Gideon Oliver, nicknamed “The Skeleton Detective,” is a forensic anthropologist. He assists in solving mysterious deaths, which takes him (and sometimes his Park Ranger wife) all over the world.
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Tess GerritsenFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Elly GriffthsFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Ruth Galloway series.Ruth, a quirky and sharp-tongued anthropologist, lives happily alone and enjoys digging in the remoter parts of Norfolk. She is occasionally called in by the police to help investigate newly discovered bones that have been uncovered in a variety of circumstances and in various settings.
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Tessa HarrisFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Thomas Silkstone series.Set in eighteenth-century England, the brilliant anatomist Dr. Thomas Silkstone is a pioneering forensic detective.
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Jonathan KellermanFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Alex Delaware series.Alex is a forensic psychologist and sleuth, but some of the earlier novels in the series have him honing his craft as a child psychologist. He goes about his work by interacting sympathetically with the people he meets and by quiet, professional observation. Appearing in every novel is his friend, Milo Sturgis of the LAPD, who helps out with his investigations.
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. Peter MayFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Enzo Files series.Enzo Macleod is half-Scottish and half-Italian. A former forensic scientist, he now lives in France and works as a university professor in Toulouse. As the result of a wager, he becomes involved in solving old French “cold cases” using the latest technology. But where there are unsolved murders, there are killers desperate to protect their freedom and keep their identities undiscovered. Enzo soon finds that a lifetime in laboratories hardly equips him for the life-threatening situations he encounters. Enzo’s investigations benefit from his formidable intellect but are often hampered by his lack of patience and tact, his zero tolerance of French bureaucrats, and his very complicated emotional life. The Enzo Files are a mix of whodunit, investigation, thrills, suspense, and humor.
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Sharyn McCrumbFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Elizabeth MacPherson series.Those who like sardonic wit, slightly bent characters, and good fun will enjoy this series. One of the more unusual amateur sleuths, Elizabeth MacPherson is an anthropologist who ends up in some peculiar situations no matter where she goes.
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Ellis PetersFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Cadfael series.Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk in medieval Shrewsbury, leads a quiet life as the monastery's herbalist. However, because of his skill and knowledge of the outside world as a former Crusader, he is drawn into the political and social intrigue inside and outside the monastery. The series is set during the turbulent years of the struggle for the English throne between King Stephen and Empress Maud, both descendants of William the Conqueror.
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Kathy ReichsFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Temperance Brennan series.Dr. Temperance "Tempe" Brennan is a forensic anthropologist, who investigates human remains at crime scenes where the flesh is too degraded for a coroner to obtain evidence (victims of arson, mutilation, advanced decomposition, etc.). She is a native Chicagoan who grew up in the Carolinas and is one of only fifty board-certified forensic anthropologists in North America. Told in the first person, the reader learns more about her past and family connections as the series unfolds.
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Karin SlaughterFind Hinsdale materials here.
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Grant County series.Set in a fictional town in Georgia, the narratives take place from the perspective of three main characters: Dr. Sara Linton, a pediatrician and part-time medical examiner; the Chief of Police, Jeffrey Tolliver, to whom Sara has been married, twice; and Detective Lena Adams. They combine their skills in crime-solving in these thrillers.
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