The Embalmer (Dr. Tara Ross seies) (Volume 2)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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Synopsis

Dr. Bethany Witt wasn’t well liked, but Dr. Tara Ross was sure nobody wanted her colleague dead. That is until Tara finds the young woman embalmed and posed in the Barn, an annex of her office once used for embalming 100 years ago. It’s a slam-dunk case when Troopers arrest Bethany’s ill-tempered ex-boyfriend, a local funeral home employee, based on forensics linking him to the crime scene. Although it looks bad for Bethany’s ex, Tara, and her fiancé, NYPD Captain Jeffrey Corrigan, aren’t convinced he’s the right guy and search for another possible killer. Their investigation takes a twisted turn when Brewster Medical Center’s CEO suffers the same gruesome fate. With Bethany’s ex-boyfriend jailed, homicide investigator Ty Marchinski insists a copycat killer did in the CEO, dismissing Jeffrey’s theory that the murders are related. Neither murders in his jurisdiction, Jeffrey has no choice but to heed Ty’s request to back off the case. However, Tara persists in her own secret investigation, determined to find The Embalmer. After she disappears, Jeffrey’s back in the game, racing Ty to find the woman he loves before The Embalmer silences her.

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Author Biography

Tanya Goodwin writes suspense, police procedurals, and crime fiction.. Her experiences as a physician are reflected in her characters and in her stories, and her life as a doctor allows her to switch from stethoscope to keyboard. A former New Yorker, she now resides in Florida. Tanya is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. You can visit her at her website http://www.tanyagoodwin.com

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Morgue and Murder

One of my favorite medical school experiences was at the Dade County Medical Examiners Office in Miami, Fl. I learned so much from the great medical examiners there. When people die in a suspicious manner, the medical examiners must put the puzzle of their silent patients' last moments together, to speak for the dead. I went into OB/GYN, but I live vicariously as a forensic pathologist in my writing. In this excerpt, my detective characters, just as in real life, attend the autopsy of young, bizarrely murdered doctor.

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The Embalmer (Dr. Tara Ross seies) (Volume 2)

Ty and Jeffrey walked into the morgue anteroom. Above the door, Jeffrey read, “Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae.” He recognized the Latin phrase, “This is the place where death rejoices to help those who live.”

They donned the blue paper surgical gowns, disposable shoe covers, and masks. Jeffrey slipped his plastic protective eyewear over his glasses. They opened the door to the autopsy suite where Dr. Emily Roseman circled Bethany’s bikini clad corpse, still propped into a beach chair. Jeffrey could see her squinting behind her plastic glasses, as if she was mentally planning her every move.

“Good afternoon, gentlemen. It’s so nice to see you again, Captain Corrigan. I really thought I’d have some nice routine cases up here. Get some rest. Do some hiking. Enjoy the beautiful scenery in Upstate New York. Jeffrey, you know the bizarre shit I’ve seen, but I have to tell you, this trumps them all.”

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Tanya Goodwin

The Embalmer (Dr. Tara Ross seies) (Volume 2)

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Author Biography

Author Insight

Morgue and Murder

Book Excerpt

The Embalmer (Dr. Tara Ross seies) (Volume 2)

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