Dead Guilty

"Calls to mind the forensic mysteries of Aaron Elkins and Patricia Cornwell."-Chicago Sun-Times   "Deserves comparison with the best of Patricia Cornwell."-Booklist (starred review)   In Beverly Connor's absorbing series, the bones of the dead reveal the secrets of the living. Now Connor takes her ingenious heroine-forensic anthropologist Diane Fallon-on a chilling excavation of a crime with harrowing implications.
  In the shadow of Diane Fallon's new forensic lab in Georgia, a land survey crew has discovered three bodies hanging in an isolated patch of woods. The sensational case has aroused the interest of the media, unnerved the locals-and inspired a gruesome game between the killer and Diane. It begins with taunting e-mails and chilling phone calls. Where it leads is a dangerously personal investigation as each bizarre clue brings Diane closer to a heartless betrayal, and a desperate man's obsession for justice-and revenge.