Two dead girls in the river. Two tiny statues of the Virgin Mary concealed in their clothing. One CSI on the hunt for their killer. When Judith Chen is found floating in Boston's Harbour, links are made with the murder of Emma Hale, a student who vanished without trace, only for her body to wash up months later. CSI Darby McCormick is assigned to the case and uncovers a piece of overlooked evidence from the Hale investigation - which brings her into contact with Malcolm Fletcher, a former FBI agent now on the Most Wanted list after a string of bloody murders. And when a third student goes missing, Darby is led into a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with deadly links to the past - and a man who speaks to the Blessed Virgin. A man who wants to be a secret friend to the girls he abducts ...
A typical contemporary American crime novel, catering to the present obsession with Crime Scene Investigation, combined with the bonus of a psychopathic serial killer Following on from a previous book, a female forensic laboratory operative, CSI Darby McCormick, is assigned by the Boston Chief of Police to looking into two cases of murdered girls, one washed up months later in the river, with a small statue of the Madonna sewn into her pocket. The investigation leads Darby to a former FBI agent who has gone rogue and is wanted for serial killings The book is redolent with scientific gizmos and techniques, with a string of acknowledgements for technical help at the back. It is a big book of over four hundred pages and for those who have the stamina to plough through it, it has a wealth of police and forensic procedural stuff that will delight those who are that way inclined.