ELIZABETH BECKA'S BOOKS

TESS GERRITSEN, Bestselling author of Body Double: A
smashing debut! This is grab-you-by-the-throat suspense,
written by someone who has actually walked the disturbing
walk of an investigator. Elizabeth Becka roars onto the forensic
thriller scene with all guns blazing.

JAN BURKE, Edgar-winning author of Bloodlines: Get in on the
ground floor of this series, which deserves to go straight to the
top. Characters you'll care about, edge-of-your-seat suspense,
and fascinating details that never slow the action--just a few of
the reasons you're going to love the Evelyn James series.

JEREMIAH HEALY, author of Invasion of Privacy: The
combination of a credible, likeable hero and a bizarre, chilling
story is rare in crime fiction, but in Trace Evidence, Elizabeth
Becka makes the tumblers click perfectly. Expect comparisons
to The Silence of the Lambs and a nomination for Best First
Mystery of the year.

JEFF LINDSAY, author of the Darkly Dreaming Dexter series: Elizabeth Becka has that rare combination of authentic detail and good story-telling that makes Unknown Means an irresistible read."

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY
Forensic scientist Evelyn James of the Cleveland Medical Examiner's office returns for this welcome second novel, following Becka's debut, Trace Evidence. Becka, a Cape Coral, Fla., forensic scientist formerly with the Cleveland coroner's office, keeps the details of this gripping procedural vivid all the way up to the harrowing finale. Fans of Patricia
Cornwell's prickly Kay Scarpetta will find Evelyn a complementary contrast.

KIRKUS REVIEWS
A forensic analyst is steamrolled by what looks like rush hour for violent death in greater Cleveland. Fashionable forensics, sound procedural work and a likable and believable heroine. Very reminiscent of Patricia Cornwell's early novels, before she went off the deep end and started sending Scarpetta against monsters in human form.