When one of her professors ends up dead, college freshman Jenna Blake starts making discoveries even the police have not seen, discoveries that link the late teacher to a dead congressional aide and a terrifying disease.
There's nothing magical about murder.... Santeria markings. Hindu magick. Druidic runes. Japanese mysticism. The latest series of murders in Somerset has everyone confused, including the local police and the Medical Examiner's office. They seem to be the work of one killer, but each murder has a completely different, ritualized, M.O. Working alongside her boss, Dr. Slikowski, Jenna Blake is back on the research trail, trying to discover the identity of the killer. Unfortunately, Jenna is still grieving over the murder of her friend Melody, and is becoming distracted by her growing feelings for Somerset detective Danny Mariano. Jenna needs to do some serious soul-searching. Her mind isn't on the job. But if she doesn't start paying attention on and find the connection between these ritual murders, Jenna may not survive her first semester.
In this Body of Evidence Thriller, college-age sleuth Jenna Blake tackles a crime wave in the Boston area that appears to be the work of the living dead. Jenna has to piece together an explanation for these zombie crimes. The dead can't really rise from their graves--or can they?
When two people suddenly burst into flame with no obvious cause and plenty of eyewitnesses, Jenna Blake and Slick begin to reevaluate their faith in rational, scientific explanation.
When Jenna and Yoshiko hit Florida for a little fun in the sun during spring break, they confront a series of suspicious deaths, each of which involve a person with some kind of mutation who had once worked for the government.
Home from college on break, Jenna Blake is horrified to discover that a childhood friend has murdered his entire family - and he's not the only one. During the next two days, several other teens experience homicidal rages, but are later unable to explain or even recall their actions.