The crimes of a twisted serial killer lead forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock and police detective Jake Sinclair to uncover a labyrinth of unscrupulous medical ambition in a Los Angeles hospital

A serial killer with a grudge against doctors at an L.A. hospital and the expertise to imitate each of his victims' medical specialties stalks the hospital halls, and forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock must stop him before she becomes the next victim

On her third case, forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock struggles to identify a man whose face and fingerprints have been destroyed, the latest victim of a serial killer stalking Memorial Hospital. Reprint.

Seeking a replacement organ for her critically ill sister, forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock uncovers a sinister truth about the replacement organ facility that causes her to make a life-or-death decision. Reprint.

After being sent aboard the Navy ship that is isolating a deadly new bacterium, forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock quickly learns that someone is purposely spreading the disease and killing those on board, and she must stop the ruthless killer before it is too late

It's a quiet evening in Los Angeles when an explosion rips through a residential neighborhood, leveling half a suburban block, and leaving twenty people dead... Forensic pathologist Joanna Blalock is called to the scene, expected to make sense of the senseless violence, which appears to be the handiwork of incompetent terrorists, who blew themselves up along with so many innocent lives. But when Joanna uncovers a link in the evidence to an unsolved homicide, a more sinister picture emerges; and when the only potential witness to the bomb blast is killed, a case of accidental death suddenly looks like an incredibly daring and diabolical plot of cold-blooded murder.

A veteran seaman drowns within yards of his yacht. A Russian immigrant is shot dead while digging an illegal grave. A politician succumbs to a rare cancer after receiving the best medical treatment money and power can buy. The cases seem unrelated … except that the brilliant Joanna Blalock is investigating them all, with her uncanny ability to pry secrets from the dead. One autopsy defies medical logic. Another defies nature. But the separate strands of evidence seem to be leading to the same chilling end … a state-of-the-art genetics lab where experimental miracle cure may be medicine’s worst nightmare…

With "fascinating forensics and insider insights" ( People ), Leonard Goldberg reunites pathologist Joanna Blalock and detective Jake Sinclair in a cutting-edge novel about the mysteries of the mind-and the dangers of unraveling them. Dr. Karen Crendall's suicide didn't make sense. She was on the verge of a medical breakthrough-using brain tissue DNA to recapture aural and visual memories. Joanna Blalock and detective Jake Sinclair are convinced it was murder. But to prove their case they have to use the victim's revolutionary research-and enter the recesses of Dr. Crandall's mind-to unveil a killer hidden in memory's darkest realm.

Leonard Goldberg now plunges Joanna Blalock, forensic detective, and partner Lieutenant Jake Sinclair into a plot to turn a viral medical nightmare into a terrifying reality.