{"title":"Lisa Black","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"defensive-wounds-a-novel-of-suspense-mass-market-paperbound","title":"Defensive Wounds: A Novel of Suspense - Mass Market Paperbound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are many forensic experts. There are many writers. Rarely, however, do the two meld as seamlessly and synergistically as Lisa Black.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eSacramento Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"She is, quite simply, one of the best storytellers around.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Tess Gerritsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former forensic scientist with the Cleveland coroner's office, Lisa Black knows the world she writes about, as she has proven in the past with her gripping thrillers featuring Theresa MacLean (\u003cem\u003eTakeover, Evidence of Murder, Trail of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e). With \u003cem\u003eDefensive Wounds\u003c\/em\u003e, Black delivers possibly her most sensational crime fiction masterwork to date--a stunning tale of forensic expert MacLean's investigation into the brutal murder of a criminal defense attorney at a Cleveland convention that reveals the frightening presence of a serial killer prowling the city. The forensic police thriller remains one of the most popular sub-genres in contemporary mystery fiction, and \u003cem\u003eDefensive Wounds\u003c\/em\u003e once again proves that Lisa Black is one of the \"big guns,\" in the top tier alongside Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Jefferson Bass, and Michael Connelly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew tears are shed over the slain corpse of Marie Corrigan, found in the presidential suite at the Ritz-Carlton during a legal convention. A Cleveland defense attorney with a history of falsifying evidence, Corrigan was resoundingly hated by all--colleagues, adversaries . . . even her lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigator Theresa MacLean is summoned to the crime scene by her daughter, Rachael, who is working the front desk, and immediately knows she is walking into a forensic nightmare--with trace evidence left behind by countless former hotel guests. But the discovery of two more bodies in rapid succession indicates that this nightmare is far worse than she initially imagined, that Corrigan's death was not a crime of passion, but the opening move of a serial killer with a vendetta . . . and that Theresa and her daughter are both frighteningly close to death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101153759455,"sku":"9780061989421","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ytPbkIwsgb9780061989421.webp?v=1781068364"},{"product_id":"trail-of-blood-paperback","title":"Trail of Blood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Quite simply, one of the best storytellers around.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Tess Gerritsen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurders past and present collide in \u003cem\u003eTrail of Blood, \u003c\/em\u003ethe third riveting crime fiction masterwork by Lisa Black to feature forensic scientist Theresa MacLean. Based on the real-life and still unsolved \"Torso Killer\" murders that terrified residents of Cleveland, Ohio more than seventy five years ago, \u003cem\u003eTrail of Blood \u003c\/em\u003eis a masterful forensic thriller from the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eTakeover \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Evidence of Murder \u003c\/em\u003ethat fans of Patricia Cornwell, Kathy Reichs, Jefferson Bass, and Michael Connelly, and, of course, \u003cem\u003eC.S.I.\u003c\/em\u003e, will absolutely adore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy-five years ago, the Torso Killer terrorized a city with a horrific spree of murder\/dismemberments. He was never caught.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt would be impossible for the maniac to still be at large--and active--today . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decapitated body has been found in a sealed room in an abandoned building--and forensic scientist Theresa MacLean believes the decades-old corpse is a previously unaccounted-for victim of the legendary psychopath. But the discovery of a second body--newly slain and bearing the unmistakable signature of the Torso Killer--suggests the unthinkable: that a copycat serial killer is following in a madman's bloody footprints.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA long-dormant nightmare has been reawakened as a dark history repeats itself. Theresa MacLean's forensic investigation has opened a door into a terrifying past--a door someone desperately wants to keep closed . . . and will keep killing to make it so.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101638430943,"sku":"9780061989360","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Hia5gLcCCI9780061989360.webp?v=1781071873"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/lisa-black.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}