Crime Scene
Overview: 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 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.
Pages: 408 Pages
Writer: Jonathan Kellerman & Jesse Kellerman
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Review By: Jason Schulte
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I must confess, I accidentally started with book 3 of this series without realizing it. Let me tell you, I was as lost as a sock in a dryer without the context from the previous books. But fear not, I went back to the beginning and boy, oh boy, did I see some serious growth in the authors’ writing skills.
Enter Clay Edison, a former basketball star turned coroner. Just when he thought he was dealing with a run-of-the-mill dead body case, things take a turn for the unexpected. The deceased’s daughter throws a curveball that sends Clay spiraling down a rabbit hole deeper than he ever imagined.
Now, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the big surprise you’re waiting for at the end? Yeah, it’s not as mind-blowing as you’d hope. The story pretty much unfolds as predictably as a rom-com, with some sections that could use a bit more oomph. But hey, it’s a solid start to the series, and trust me, the books only get better from here. So buckle up, because Clay Edison’s adventures are just getting started.