Strand of deception
By: Robin Caroll
Series: A Justice Seekers novel
Publisher: B & H Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781433672149
Subjects: United States; Women college students; Murder; Investigation; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; DNA fingerprinting; Crimes against; Fiction
Description: "When Gina Ford, the daughter of a prominent Tennessee politician, goes missing from the University of Memphis a week after another girl was murdered on the same campus, police call in the FBI. Nick Hagar, married to his job as Special Agent in Charge, is assigned to the case, and when Gina's body is found, her father demands justice. Maddie Baxter is the forensic expert running DNA tests from the crime scene. When they come back without a match, Nick asks her to do a familial DNA run that yields a shocking result: the prime suspect is Adam Alexander, the very same guy who broke Maddie's heart when she was in college. But do scientific advancements tell the whole story? Strand of Deception offers romance, suspense, and a lively debate about the impact of DNA testing, for better or worse, on the United States justice system"--Amazon.com, viewed February 27, 2013.