Intern forensic pathologist Dr. Riley McKay has noticed irregularities in autopsies at the Allegheny County Coroner’s lab. Suspecting foul play, she seeks help from Dr. Nick Polchak, the “bug man” renowned for his ability to solve murders by analyzing the insects on victim’s bodies. Nick and Riley uncover a sinister link between the lab’s director and PharmaGen, a start-up drug company specializing in genetic research. They also discover that PharmaGen fronts an underground system to procure transplant organs for wealthy clients by finding and murdering matching donors. But PharmaGen learns of their security breach and orders the couple destroyed. While staying a step ahead of PharmaGen assassins, romantic attraction develops between Nick and Riley. But the attraction is complicated by a tragic secret that Riley hides — a secret closely tied to one member of PharmaGen’s operation which propels the novel to its astonishing conclusion.
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Summary
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2020
Format: Paperback
"Ethics is not just about right and wrong . . . . . It's about how you get to right and wrong."
And someone is taking the matter of life and death into their own hands, without any regard for how it happens, only how it appears to happen. When forensic entomologist Dr. Nick Polchak (affectionately known by some, as the "Bug Man") decides to join forces with Dr. Riley McKay, a pathologist in training at the county coroner's office, the two soon discover that Riley's misgivings about her supervisor have merit . . . why couldn't she have been wrong?
A brilliant story; absolutely brilliant . . . right down to the last page . . . maybe even especially the last page.
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