A Deeper Darkness by J.T. Ellison

A Deeper Darkness

A Novel

J.T. Ellison

MIRA Books · Print & ebook · April 24, 2012

Discover where it all began in book one of J.T. Ellison’s heart-racing Sam Owens series… As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make sense of death.

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Who it’s for
A medical examiner’s second look opens onto murder, old feelings, and a mystery with dangerous edges.
Themes
Grief and loss, Murder investigation, Forensic pathology
Pacing
Fast

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Discover where it all began in book one of J.T. Ellison’s heart-racing Sam Owens series… As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make sense of death.

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But since the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, she has been pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate—until she receives a peculiar call from Washington, D.C. On the other end of the line is an old boyfriend’s mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son. Eddie Donovan is officially the victim of a vicious carjacking, but under Sam’s sharp eye the forensics tell a darker story. The ex-Ranger was murdered, though not for his car. Forced to confront the burning memories and feelings about yet another loved one killed brutally, Sam loses herself in the mystery contained within Donovan’s old notes. The tale told between the lines makes it clear that nobody’s hands are clean, and that making sense of murder sometimes means putting yourself in the crosshairs of death. Originally published in 2012 Don't miss Her Dark Lies, the next page-turning thriller from New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison!

Forensic Shadows

A medical examiner’s second look opens onto murder, old feelings, and a mystery with dangerous edges.

Come here for

  • Forensic clues that complicate an official story
  • A crime mystery tangled with grief and an old relationship

Expect

  • A tense investigation grounded in autopsy work
  • Personal stakes that sharpen the danger

Where it sits

Medical Thrillers39%
Romantic Suspense33%
Suspense24%

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Publisher categories

  • Police Procedurals
  • Women Detectives
  • Romantic Suspense
  • Military Romance
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  • Police & Law-Enforcement Romance
  • Suspense
  • Crime Fiction
  • Medical Thrillers
Authors
J.T. Ellison
Publisher
MIRA Books
Published
April 24, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Grief and loss · Murder investigation · Forensic pathology
Reading lane
Police Procedurals