When a national disaster strikes, “first the living” is the rule.
Unless you’re the Bug Man.
When Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans, forensic entomologist Nick Polchak signs up to help with the recovery effort. He is known as the Bug Man for his knowledge of insects and what they can reveal about the dead. The government’s mandate is clear—rescue the living first, recover the dead later.
But something is very wrong in the toxic soup-bowl of post-Katrina New Orleans.
Someone is using the cover of disaster to kill . . . hiding the victims of murder in the same watery grave as the victims of Katrina.
It’s a tale only the dead can tell. But no one besides the Bug Man is listening.
” . . . stands out from the pack of CSI-inspired mysteries with its quirky hero and creative handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.”
—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: First the Dead
Book Author: Tim Downs
What do you like about this book:
"Someone was using the hurricane to cover up a series of murders, but Nick had no way to prove it".
Called in as a member of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, Dr. Nick Polchak fully expected to be pulling dead bodies out of the toxic waters surrounding the city of New Orleans following the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. Instead he is summarily chastised when he does. Something curious is going on, because the first corpse that he discovers was evidentially murdered based on the insects invading the body tissue; and Nick would know, he is a renowned forensic entomologist.
Follow Nick and his human friends (if you know Nick, you know that human friends are a rarity) as they discover disturbing pieces of a larger truth; all while a virtual clock continues to tick; people and evidence are rapidly disappearing into the black hole of what was once a thriving metropolis.
What a great story!
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