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Corpus Delicti by Keith McCarthy

Corpus Delicti

An Eisenmenger and Flemming Forensic Mystery

by Keith McCarthy

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  • Jan 2010, 288 pages
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Continuing the Eisenmenger and Robinson forensic mystery series - Eisenmengers relationship with Helena Flemming has deteriorated to the point that Helena wants it to end, leaving Eisenmenger devastated. In order to cope, he throws himself back into his work as a forensic pathologist and is immediately consumed by a disturbing discovery.

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"Starred Review. McCarthy tweaks this spine-tingler with jittery twists, including a shocking ending. The utterly human frailties of the principal characters don’t get in the way of their crime solving but only enhance it." - Publishers Weekly

"Another fine entry in McCarthy's excellent John Eisenmenger and Helena Flemming series ... Excellent procedural fare." - Booklist

"More subdued than Eisenmenger's florid first five exercises in grim forensics...though a wild finale in the bowels of a funeral home is guaranteed to quicken the pulse." - Kirkus Reviews

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Keith McCarthy

Keith McCarthy lives in Ledbury, England.

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