Mastermind

About the Book

Forensic Pathologist and former homicide detective Delaney has been recently appointed Chief Medical Examiner despite the fact that she is relatively a newcomer to the field. The past year had been exceptionally difficult. She faced several challenges, one of which was a staff doctor, Margaret Vessy, who was passed over for the position of Chief in favor of Delaney. However, Delaney is determined to work things out, but to make matters worse, the police believe a serial killer is working in the area who targets single, professional females.

He is very intelligent, a mastermind, and kills each victim in a different manner effectively eluding the police. The victims are shot, strangled, poisoned, stabbed and suffocated. A break in the case comes when Dr. Vessy recovers hair in the hands of two of the victims at autopsy, revealing that the killings are connected. DNA evidence from the hair and information from the psychological profiler determine the killer is a white male, 40 to 50 years old and is likely in a dysfunctional relationship. When it is discovered that the lead detective on the case, Lieutenant Detective Kabala, is connected to at least one victim, he is taken off the case but joins forces with Delaney to follow new leads. Together they uncover two suspects, neither of which is male.

Delaney, a single professional female, finds herself a target when the dismembered head of one of the victims is found in her backyard. Detective Kabala believes the killer is the woman he broke up with recently. Delaney believes the killer is Dr. Vessy.

About the Author

MacWilliams' first novel in the Morgan Delaney series brings a unique background and excellent technical skills to the table. The author has worked in the forensic field for many years and provides the reader with a unique window to the inner circle of forensic specialists solving a series of crimes. There is no shortage of suspense with life like characters and plots within plots that keep the pages turning.