Author: judymelinekandtjmitchell

When an earthquake strikes San Francisco, forensics expert Jessie Teska faces her biggest threat yet in this explosive new mystery from the New York Times bestselling duo There’s a body crushed under a load of pipes on a San Francisco construction site, and medical examiner Dr. Jessie Teska is on call. So it’s her job to figure out who it is–and her headache when the autopsy reveals that the … that the death is a homicide staged as an accident. Jessie is hot on the murderer’s trail, then an earthquake sends her and her whole city reeling. When the dust…

“Fans of CSI and Forensic Files will devour this well-plotted story” (Karin Slaughter). Medical examiner Jessie Teska discovers something sinister about the bodies crossing her operating table. “Scalpel sharp. First Cut allows a peek into the autopsy room through the eyes of a pro” (Kathy Reichs).

“Fun…and full of smart science. Fans of CSI–the real kind–will want to read it” (The Washington Post): A young forensic pathologist’s “rookie season” as a NYC medical examiner, and the hair-raising cases that shaped her as a physician and human being. Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. While … pathologist. While her husband and their toddler held down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation–performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, counseling grieving relatives. Working Stiff chronicles Judy’s two years…