A body was found in a pool in Tennessee. It was not death by drowning, as one would expect. The man died from radiation poisoning. The victim was the Dr. Novak, the designer of a reactor used to create atomic bombs in 1945. Brockton and...

This novel starts with a lie which skillfully snares the reader unfamiliar with Jefferson Bass’s other books. Well done. Then on to Angie St. Claire, a forensic analyst from Florida, who is taking a professional course from Dr. Bill Brockton at the National Forensic Academy....