Forensics in Fiction

The Architect,* Keith Ablow
Dr. Frank Clevenger, forensic psychiatrist

Origin, Diana Abu-Jaber
Lena Dawson, fingerprint examiner

Earth Colors,* Sarah Andrews
Em Hansen, geologist and investigator

Frozen,* Lindsay Jayne Ashford
Dr. Megan Rhys, forensic psychologist

The Bone Yard,* Jefferson Bass
Dr. Bill Brockton, forensic anthropologist

Unknown Means,* Elizabeth Becka
Cleveland forensic scientist Evelyn James

Written in Bone,* Simon Beckett
Dr. David Hunter, forensic anthropologist

Defensive Wounds,* Lisa Black
Theresa MacLean, Cleveland forensic scientist

The Bone Chamber,* Robin Burcell
Forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick

Death Benefit,* Robin Cook
Various medical examiners & medical researchers

Red Mist,* Patricia Daniels Cornwell
Dr. Kay Scarpetta, forensic pathologist

The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel,* Jeffery Deaver
Lincoln Rhyme, criminologist, and Amelia Sachs, forensic expert

From the Depths, Gerry Doyle
CIA forensic scientist Dr. Christine Myers

Ends of the Earth,* Tim Downs
Dr. Nick Polchak, forensic entomologist

Skull Duggery,* Aaron Elkins
Gideon Oliver, professor of forensic anthropology

Guilt,* G.H. Ephron
Dr. Peter Zak, forensic neuropsychologist

A Murderous Procession,* Ariana Franklin
Adelia Aguilar, Medieval forensic pathologist

The Nightmare Thief,* Meg Gardiner
San Franscisco forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett

The Silent Girl: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel,* Tess Gerritsen
Dr. Maura Isles, Boston medical examiner, and Homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli

Anatomy of Deception, Lawrence Goldstone
19th century Philadelphia physician Dr. Ephraim Carroll

The House at Sea’s End, Elly Griffiths
Ruth Galloway, forensic anthropologist

False Mermaid,* Erin Hart
Irish archaeologist Cormac Maguire and American pathologist Dr. Nora Gavin

A Hard Death,* Jonathan Hayes
Dr. Edward Jenner, Florida medical examiner

K. I. A.: A Dr. Kel McKelvey Novel, Thomas Holland
Dr. “Kel” McKelvey, scientific director of an identification lab

Bonnie,* Iris Johansen
Eve Duncan, forensic sculptor

Victims: An Alex Delaware Novel,* Jonathan Kellerman
Alex Delaware, criminal psychologist

Grounds for Appeal,* Bernard Knight
Welsh pathologist Dr. Richard Pryor

Freezing, Clea Koff
Forensic anthropologists Jayne Hall & Steelie Lander

Double Dexter,* Jeff Lindsay
Dexter Morgan, Miami blood-splatter analyst

Dark Alchemy,* Sarah Lovett
Dr. Sylvia Strange, forensic psychiatrist

Blowback: The Fifth of the Enzo Files,* Peter May
Enzo Macleod, Scottish forensic expert

The Runner,* Peter May
Margaret Campbell, forensic pathologist

Soul Seeker: A John Eisenmenger Forensic Mystery,* Keith McCarthy
Dr. John Eisenmenger, forensic pathologist

The Devil’s Ribbon,* D. E. Meredith
Professor Alphonse Hatton, forensic scientist, and his assistant Albert Roumande, 1850s London

Caught Dead,* Dorothy P. O’Neill
Liz Rooney, coroner’s assistant

Flash and Bones,* Kathy Reichs
Dr. Temperance “Tempe” Brennan, forensic anthropologist

Truth Catcher, Anna C. Salter
Breeze Copens, forensic psychologist

Fallen,* Karin Slaughter
Dr. Sara Linton, physician and medical examiner, and Georgia Bureau of Investigations Detective Faith Mitchell

Out at Night,* Susan Arnout Smith
Grace Descanso, crime scene technician

Vienna Twilight: A Max Liebermann Mystery,* Frank Tallis
Dr. Max Liebermann, psychoanalyst and colleague of Sigmund Freud, early 1900s Vienna

Where Petals Fall,* Shirley Wells
Jill Kennedy, British forensic psychologist

The Last Lie,* Stephen White
Dr. Alan Gregory, psychologist

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