Crime scene : a novel / Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman.
"A former star athlete turned deputy coroner is drawn into a brutal, complicated murder in this psychological thriller from a father-son writing team that delivers "brilliant, page-turning fiction" (Stephen King). Natural causes or foul play? That's the question Clay Edison must answer each time he examines a body. Figuring out motives and chasing down suspects aren't part of his beat - not until a seemingly open-and-shut case proves to be more than meets his highly trained eye. Eccentric, reclusive Walter Rennert lies cold at the bottom of his stairs. At first glance the scene looks straightforward: a once-respected psychology professor, done in by booze and a bad heart. But his daughter Tatiana insists that her father has been murdered, and she persuades Clay to take a closer look at the grim facts of Rennert's life. What emerges is a history of scandal and violence, and an experiment gone horribly wrong that ended in the brutal murder of a coed. Walter Rennert, it appears, was a broken man - and maybe a marked one. And when Clay learns that a colleague of Rennert's died in a nearly identical manner, he begins to question everything in the official record. All the while, his relationship with Tatiana is evolving into something forbidden. The closer they grow, the more determined he becomes to catch her father's killer--even if he has to overstep his bounds to do it. The twisting trail Clay follows will lead him into the darkest corners of the human soul. It's his job to listen to the tales the dead tell. But this time, he's part of a story that makes his blood run cold." -- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780399594601 (hardcover) :
- ISBN: 0399594604
- Physical Description: 381 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
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- Baker & Taylor
When the daughter of a once-respected psychology professor insists her father has been murdered, Clay Edison, a former athlete turned coroner's investigator, follows a twisted trail of scandal and violence. - Baker & Taylor
"A corpse lying at the bottom of the stairs. A beautiful but troubled young woman. A brutal, decades-old murder. And the man charged with making sense of it all. Clay Edison is a former star athlete turned coroner's investigator. It's his job to care forthe dead and the people they leave behind. It's not his job to solve mysteries. But some cases--and some people--can't be resisted. What he discovers will set him on a quest to overturn a hideous injustice, no matter the consequences"-- - Baker & Taylor
A latest novel of suspense by the award-winning father-son team finds athletic star-turned-coroner's investigator Clay Edison drawn into a complex case involving a retired psychology professor's death and an old scandal involving the horrific murder of one of the professor's students. - Random House, Inc.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠A former star athlete turned deputy coroner is drawn into a brutal, complicated murder in this psychological thriller from a father-son writing team that delivers âbrilliant, page-turning fictionâ (Stephen King).
Natural causes or foul play? Thatâs the question Clay Edison must answer each time he examines a body. Figuring out motives and chasing down suspects arenât part of his beatânot until a seemingly open-and-shut case proves to be more than meets his highly trained eye.
Eccentric, reclusive Walter Rennert lies cold at the bottom of his stairs. At first glance the scene looks straightforward: a once-respected psychology professor, done in by booze and a bad heart. But his daughter Tatiana insists that her father has been murdered, and she persuades Clay to take a closer look at the grim facts of Rennertâs life.
What emerges is a history of scandal and violence, and an experiment gone horribly wrong that ended in the brutal murder of a coed. Walter Rennert, it appears, was a broken manâand maybe a marked one. And when Clay learns that a colleague of Rennertâs died in a nearly identical manner, he begins to question everything in the official record.
All the while, his relationship with Tatiana is evolving into something forbidden. The closer they grow, the more determined he becomes to catch her fatherâs killerâeven if he has to overstep his bounds to do it.
The twisting trail Clay follows will lead him into the darkest corners of the human soul. Itâs his job to listen to the tales the dead tell. But this time, heâs part of a story that makes his blood run cold.
Praise for Crime Scene
âYou could drive yourself crazy trying to figure out who wrote what. . . . But whoever came up with the fine line, âWhen I meet new people, theyâre usually dead,â should pat himself on the back.ââThe New York Times Book Review
âA terrific book . . . Put Crime Scene at the top of your reading pile.ââBookreporter
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âA character-driven, intricately plotted whodunit . . . Mystery readers will devour the book and look forward to the next father and son collaboration.ââPress Republican