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Book Review of Body Trace (C.S.U. Investigation, Bk 1)

Body Trace (C.S.U. Investigation, Bk 1)
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Crime scene investigation: The scientific examination of the physical evidence at a crime scene, including, but not limited to, evidence photography and collection, fingerprint processing, blood- and fluid-spatter interpretation, and forensic pathology.

Crime Scene Unit (C.S.U.): A group of forensic investigators who use cutting-edge technology to carry out crime scene investigations, helping to bring killers to justice.

Fresh out of med school and back in Philadelphia, C.S.U. rookie Madison Cross is as green as they come. She has a lot to learn about forensic investigation, and must work twice as hard to make her mark. But she gets her chance when two women are discovered dead at a University of Pennsylvania sorority house. Everyone, including the police, is quick to write off the deaths as accidental drug overdoses. But for Madison, the evidence at the crime scene just doesn't add up. Relying on her instincts, she embarks on an investigation that takes her from a pristine Ivy League campus to the seediest parts of town, an investigation that, in time, reveals secrets from her own troubled past. To find the truth, Madison knows she must listen to what the bodies tell herâbecause unlike the living, the dead never lieâ¦