Another Excerpt From My Newest: Death Lover
Dr. LeRoy Haines has just received a woman’s femur discovered in the Everglades. His search reveals more unrelated bones.
Dr. Haines recently transitioned from internal medicine to forensic pathology, and is the newly medical examiner for Monroe County, Florida, which encompasses the Everglades and the Florida Keys.
After a python hunter discovered the bone and turned it in, the doctor organizes a search for more specimens, finding two more limbs and a skull. Again, all the remains are unrelated. Who or what is responsible for the deaths?
A break in the case comes when an intact female skeleton is discovered in the southernmost headquarters of Everglades National Park. The victim is the former secretary of Dr. Clayton Talmadge, chief of pathology at Kendall Hospital, and known for his idiosyncratic beliefs.
Written by a physician, the plot of Death Lover: Investigating Murder in a New Scientific Era offers fascinating insight into modern forensics. The Death Lover is unforgettable.
Sneak Peek At My Next Novel, “Death Lover”
Fortunately, mosquitos hadn’t returned yet. We had a week at most before they swarmed and drove everyone mad. Cruising along the canal in our power boat, a hundred yards in I spotted a skull on an embankment. Retrieving it required a tough scramble. The steep slope was created when the Army Corps of Engineers dug the channel. I lifted a mature adult skull. Yorik it was not. The sutures were closed, three worn intact teeth remained. Not a youngster for sure.