title: Close to the Bone: A Theresa MacLean forensic mystery (A Theresa MacLean Mystery)
author:  Lisa Black 
description: By releasing surprises little by little, Black manages to fit both a whodunit and a police-chase thriller into a single bagged-and-tagged package. (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)<br /><br />Taut suspense, a brave and likable heroine, a clever plot, and a slam-bang ending add up to a high-water mark for this popular series (<i>Booklist Starred Review</i>)<br /><br />"Blacks intricately plotted seventh Theresa MacLean mystery". (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)
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  Also by Lisa Black
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  Takeover
  
  
    
  
  
  Evidence of Murder
  
  
    
  
  
  Trail of Blood
  
  
    
  
  
  Defensive Wounds
  
  
    
  
  
  Blunt Impact
  
  
    
  
  
  The Price of Innocence
  
  
    
  
  
  Close to the Bone
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Illustration](e9781496701886_i0003.jpg)
  
  
  Susan M. Klingbeil
  
  
  New York Times bestselling author Lisa Black is the author of seven novels in
  the Theresa MacLean mystery series and two novels written as Elizabeth Becka.
  As a forensic scientist at the Cuyahoga County Coroner’s Office, she analyzed
  gunshot residue on hands and clothing, hairs, fibers, paint, glass, DNA,
  blood, and many other forms of trace evidence, as well as crime scenes. Now
  she is a latent print examiner and CSI for the Cape Coral Police Department in
  Florida, working mostly with fingerprints and crime scenes.
  
  
  Lisa has lectured at writers’ conventions and appeared on panels, and is a
  member of Sisters In Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and International
  Thriller Writers. As a forensic specialist, she is a membe