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Lisa Black

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Cleveland, OH, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers, Crime, Suspense

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Lisa Black spent the happiest five years of her life in a morgue. Strange, perhaps, but true. After ten years as a secretary, she went back to school to get a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Cleveland State University. In her job as a forensic scientist at the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office, she analyzed gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA, blood and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes.
She had her life sorted out just the way she liked it until her husband got fed up with Cleveland snow and moved them to Florida, 1400 miles away from her family and her career. Not that she’s bitter or anything. Now she works as a Certified Latent Print Examiner and Certified Crime Scene Analy ...more

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	That Darkness (Gardiner and Renner, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 2,501 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Takeover (Theresa MacLean, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 1,996 ratings — published 2008 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evidence of Murder (Theresa MacLean #2) 3.74 avg rating — 1,606 ratings — published 2009 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unpunished (Gardiner and Renner #2) 3.62 avg rating — 1,433 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Flags (Locard Institute #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,348 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defensive Wounds (Theresa MacLean #4) 3.62 avg rating — 1,376 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trail Of Blood (Theresa MacLean #3) 3.76 avg rating — 1,275 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perish (Gardiner and Renner, #3) 3.62 avg rating — 931 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Suffer the Children (Gardiner and Renner #4) 3.75 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blunt Impact (Theresa MacLean #5) 3.73 avg rating — 764 ratings — published 2013 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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This is not the kind of book I usually read, about teenagers (a demographic I avoid like Covid) in a dystopian future. And l a) loved it, and b) couldn’t put it down.
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Which short series (3-6 books) would you like to read for the first part of 2014? (We will have a second short series group read later on in the year!)

Smokey Barrett by Cody McFadyen {4 Books}

7 votes, 25.0%

Sophie Anderson by P.D. Martin {6 Books}

6 votes, 21.4%

Theresa MacLean by Lisa Black {6 Books}

3 votes, 10.7%

Graveyard Queen by Amanda Stevens {4 Books)

3 votes, 10.7%

Dead Series by Mariah Stewart {4 Books}

3 votes, 10.7%

Evan Delaney by Meg Gardiner {5 Books}

2 votes, 7.1%

Kenzie & Gennaro by Dennis Lehane {5 Books}

2 votes, 7.1%

Jo Beckett by Meg Gardiner {4 Books}

1 vote, 3.6%

Anna Curtis by Allison Leotta {4 Books}

1 vote, 3.6%

October Daye by Seanan McGuire {7 Books}

0 votes, 0.0%

An Underwater Investigation by Kathy Brandt {4 Books}

0 votes, 0.0%

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