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Déjà Dead (Temperance Brennan, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 157,790 ratings
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The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1)
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4.20 avg rating — 199,813 ratings
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Postmortem (Kay Scarpetta, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 270,124 ratings
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Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan, #2)
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3.96 avg rating — 52,333 ratings
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The Surgeon (Rizzoli & Isles, #1)
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4.10 avg rating — 181,803 ratings
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Bare Bones (Temperance Brennan, #6)
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3.97 avg rating — 42,218 ratings
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Fatal Voyage (Temperance Brennan, #4)
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4.05 avg rating — 54,812 ratings
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Carved in Bone (Body Farm, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 13,732 ratings
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The Body Farm (Kay Scarpetta, #5)
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4.08 avg rating — 84,161 ratings
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Grave Secrets (Temperance Brennan, #5)
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3.98 avg rating — 38,054 ratings
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Body of Evidence (Kay Scarpetta, #2)
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4.04 avg rating — 91,109 ratings
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Cruel and Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)
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4.13 avg rating — 119,080 ratings
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter (Dexter, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 226,371 ratings
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The Chemistry of Death (David Hunter, #1)
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4.19 avg rating — 41,854 ratings
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Deadly Decisions (Temperance Brennan, #3)
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3.94 avg rating — 40,616 ratings
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Bones to Ashes (Temperance Brennan, #10)
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3.95 avg rating — 33,060 ratings
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206 Bones (Temperance Brennan, #12)
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3.94 avg rating — 29,734 ratings
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Mortal Remains
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3.93 avg rating — 28,489 ratings
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Monday Mourning (Temperance Brennan, #7)
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4.04 avg rating — 37,290 ratings
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Whispers of the Dead (David Hunter, #3)
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4.17 avg rating — 20,204 ratings
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Written in Bone (David Hunter, #2)
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4.21 avg rating — 25,595 ratings
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Devil Bones (Temperance Brennan, #11)
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3.90 avg rating — 31,924 ratings
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Unnatural Exposure (Kay Scarpetta, #8)
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4.07 avg rating — 66,238 ratings
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In the Woods
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3.78 avg rating — 455,246 ratings
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All That Remains (Kay Scarpetta, #3)
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4.08 avg rating — 80,767 ratings
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Flash and Bones (Temperance Brennan #14)
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3.90 avg rating — 25,792 ratings
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Cross Bones (Temperance Brennan, #8)
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3.87 avg rating — 31,359 ratings
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Break No Bones (Temperance Brennan, #9)
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3.98 avg rating — 33,240 ratings
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The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5)
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4.23 avg rating — 112,981 ratings
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Bones of Betrayal (Body Farm #4)
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4.10 avg rating — 6,581 ratings
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Cause of Death (Kay Scarpetta, #7)
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3.95 avg rating — 58,292 ratings
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The Face of Deception (Eve Duncan, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 28,226 ratings
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The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 69,834 ratings
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The Devil's Bones (Body Farm, #3)
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4.13 avg rating — 8,209 ratings
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The Coffin Dancer (Lincoln Rhyme, #2)
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4.16 avg rating — 56,523 ratings
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Flesh and Bone (Body Farm #2)
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4.06 avg rating — 11,061 ratings
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The Janus Stone (Ruth Galloway, #2)
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3.94 avg rating — 45,153 ratings
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The Apprentice (Rizzoli & Isles, #2)
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4.14 avg rating — 75,362 ratings
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The Bone Garden
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4.07 avg rating — 35,607 ratings
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Nine Dragons (Harry Bosch, #14; Harry Bosch Universe, #21)
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4.07 avg rating — 60,039 ratings
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The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway, #7)
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4.11 avg rating — 27,359 ratings
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The Outcast Dead (Ruth Galloway, #6)
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4.16 avg rating — 29,033 ratings
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A Dying Fall (Ruth Galloway, #5)
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4.06 avg rating — 31,472 ratings
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A Room Full of Bones (Ruth Galloway, #4)
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3.92 avg rating — 32,647 ratings
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The House at Sea's End (Ruth Galloway, #3)
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3.98 avg rating — 39,001 ratings
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Bones Never Lie (Temperance Brennan, #17)
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4.03 avg rating — 21,769 ratings
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The Vanished Man (Lincoln Rhyme, #5)
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4.11 avg rating — 26,542 ratings
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The Empty Chair (Lincoln Rhyme, #3)
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4.09 avg rating — 34,853 ratings
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Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2)
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3.87 avg rating — 57,749 ratings
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The Twelfth Card (Lincoln Rhyme, #6)
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The Stone Monkey (Lincoln Rhyme, #4)
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3.99 avg rating — 23,859 ratings
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The Dying Breath (Forensic Mysteries, #4)
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Taboo (CSI Reilly Steel, #1)
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Missing Persons (Alan Gregory, #13)
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Anil's Ghost
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Indelible (Grant County, #4)
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Icy Clutches (Gideon Oliver, #6)
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The Night Killer (Diane Fallon, #8)
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Fellowship of Fear (Gideon Oliver, #1)
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The Drop (Harry Bosch, #15; Harry Bosch Universe, #24)
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4.21 avg rating — 77,924 ratings
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Tensleep (Em Hansen Mystery, #1)
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The Dark Place (Gideon Oliver, #2)
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Skin and Bone (Dr. Anya Crichton, #3)
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3.78 avg rating — 1,064 ratings
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A Cry from the Dust (Gwen Marcey #1)
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3.98 avg rating — 1,524 ratings
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Crossing the Line (Crossings Book 1)
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Dexter in the Dark (Dexter, #3)
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The Angel of Death (Forensic Mysteries, #2)
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4.12 avg rating — 2,607 ratings
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Shoofly Pie (Bug Man, #1)
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The Circle of Blood (Forensic Mysteries, #3)
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Heart of Ice (Louis Kincaid, #11)
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Close to the Bone (Theresa MacLean, #7)
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Die Again (Rizzoli & Isles, #11)
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What Lies Behind (Dr. Samantha Owens, #4)
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4.11 avg rating — 2,407 ratings
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Exit Strategy (Katerina Carter Fraud #1)
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The Restless Dead (David Hunter, #5)
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4.17 avg rating — 10,966 ratings
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Blood Born (Dr. Anya Crichton, #4)
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3.92 avg rating — 900 ratings
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Trace (CSI Reilly Steel, #5)
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4.30 avg rating — 1,965 ratings
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Trail Of Blood (Theresa MacLean #3)
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Earth Colors (Em Hansen Mystery, #9)
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An Eye for Gold (Em Hansen Mystery, #6)
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3.62 avg rating — 212 ratings
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Mother Nature (Em Hansen Mystery, #3)
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3.59 avg rating — 233 ratings
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A Fall in Denver (Em Hansen Mystery, #2)
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3.65 avg rating — 288 ratings
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Dead Secret (Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation, #3)
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4.11 avg rating — 1,402 ratings
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The Calling of the Grave (David Hunter, #4)
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4.03 avg rating — 15,371 ratings
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The Killing Game (Eve Duncan, #2)
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4.20 avg rating — 32,225 ratings
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The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway, #10)
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4.06 avg rating — 23,999 ratings
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The Stone Circle (Ruth Galloway, #11)
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4.20 avg rating — 24,004 ratings
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The Book of Killowen (Nora Gavin, #4)
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3.87 avg rating — 2,258 ratings
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Cruel & Unusual (Kay Scarpetta, #4)
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4.13 avg rating — 119,080 ratings
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The Last Precinct (Kay Scarpetta, #11)
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3.92 avg rating — 43,492 ratings
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Skeleton Dance (Gideon Oliver, #10)
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3.99 avg rating — 1,756 ratings
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Twenty Blue Devils (Gideon Oliver, #9)
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4.01 avg rating — 1,554 ratings
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Dust to Dust (Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation #7)
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4.21 avg rating — 1,009 ratings
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Dead Past (Diane Fallon Forensic Investigation #4)
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4.13 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
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Freezing (A Jayne and Steelie Mystery, #1)
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3.54 avg rating — 709 ratings
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The Christopher Killer (Forensic Mysteries, #1)
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4.03 avg rating — 4,219 ratings
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Lady Killer
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Combustible
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Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold
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First Glance (The Adelaide Paige Saga #1)
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This is the first Patricia Cornwell novel I read and still my favorite. A great book for those who like forensic mysteries.
I'm not a big Kathy Reichs fan, but some of the other suggestions you've made look great..I'll check some of them out.
I wanted to draw attention to Clea Koff's first novel, Freezing. It's the start of a new series and Koff draws on her experience working on mass graves worldwide for the UN and working with families of missing person in the United States. Her first book, The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo, was a really graceful look at her work internationally.
