Sleeping With The Crawfish (Broussard & Franklyn Medical Mysteries) - Softcover

Donaldson, D.J. (Don)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938231414 ISBN 13: 9781938231414

Publisher: HighLine Editions, 2015

Synopsis

Strange lesions found in the brain of a dead man have forensic pathologist Andy Broussard stumped. Even more baffling are the corpse’s fingerprints. They belong to Ronald Cicero, a lifer at Angola State Prison... an inmate the warden insists is still there. Broussard sends psychologist Kit Franklyn to find out who is locked up in Cicero’s cell. But an astonishing discovery at the jail and an attempt on her life almost has Kit sleeping with the crawfish in a bayou swamp. And Broussard, making a brilliant deduction about another murder, may soon be digging his own grave.

About this title

From the Publisher

Donaldson's brilliant first-hand knowledge of forensics--combined with a sultry flavor of New Orleans--equals a series that provides "sheer pulse-pounding reading excitement" (The Clarion Ledger) and "genuine heart-stopping suspense" (Publishers Weekly). With ingenuity and authentic detail, Donaldson presents a spellbinding mystery that will delight fans of Patricia Cornwell.

"All the streamlined thrills and gripping forensic detail Donaldson's fans have come to expect." --Kirkus

"The autopsies are detailed enough to make Patricia Cornwell fans move farther south for their forensic fixes." --Los Angeles Times

"Donaldson proves that he is every bit the nail-biting equal of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton." --The Clarion Ledger

About the Author

Donald (Don) Jay Donaldson, who also writes as David Best, was born in 1940 and is a now retired professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology. He holds a Ph.D. in human anatomy and his entire academic career was spent at the University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, where he published dozens of papers on wound-healing, and taught microscopic anatomy to thousands of medical and dental students. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee with his wife and two West Highland terriers. In the spring of most years he simply cannot stop buying new flowers and other plants for the couple's prized backyard garden. He is the author of five medical thrillers and seven forensic mysteries, the latter featuring the hugely overweight and equally brilliant New Orleans medical examiner, Andy Broussard, and his gorgeous psychologist sidekick, Kit Franklyn. Of these it has been said that they contain 'lots of Louisiana color, pinpoint plotting and two highly likable characters' whilst the Los Angeles Times states 'the autopsies are detailed enough to make Patricia Cornwell fans move farther south for their forensic fixes . . . splendidly eccentric local denizens, authentic New Orleans and bayou backgrounds'

Edition details

• Publisher: HighLine Editions
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1938231414
• ISBN 13: 9781938231414
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 264