First Evidence - Softcover

Goddard, Ken

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553579134 ISBN 13: 9780553579130

Publisher: Bantam Dell, 2000

Synopsis

A down-to-earth forensics expert has just discovered a crime scene that is out of this world.

In criminal forensics they train you to uncover evidence, no matter how brutal or bizarre the murder.

But what if one night you make contact with a crime scene so terrifying, no one on earth can explain it?

It begins at a chaotic crime scene in the deep woods of the Pacific Northwest--site of a reported shoot-out. Investigator Colin Cellars cannot find a trace of perpetrator or victim--or even confirm that anyone has been killed. As he doggedly pursues the case, he realizes there is far more at stake here than murder. Someone--something?--will stop at nothing to prevent him from discovering the truth. For the truth is not "out there." It is locked away in Cellars's own evidence file. The evidence points to a killer far outside Cellars's experience--far outside any earthly experience. But who will believe one maverick cop?

From the New York Times bestselling author of Balefire comes a chilling tale of murder, forensic detection, and vivid speculation, pitting a unique crime scene investigator against a culprit who may be unlike any this world ever spawned....

About this title

About the Author

Ken Goddard is the author of six previous novels, including the New York Times bestseller Balefire. He has served as a criminalist in three California police and sheriff's departments, and has served as an instructor in crime scene investigation and forensic techniques at police, sheriff, and federal law enforcement academies throughout the United States. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, where he is currently director of the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, the only full-service wildlife crime laboratory in the world.

From the Back Cover

IN CRIMINAL FORENSICS THEY TRAIN YOU TO UNCOVER EVIDENCE, NO MATTER HOW BRUTAL OR BIZARRE THE MURDER.

BUT WHAT IF ONE NIGHT YOU MAKE CONTACT WITH A CRIME SCENE SO TERRIFYING, NO ONE ON EARTH CAN EXPLAIN IT?

It begins at a chaotic crime scene in the deep woods of the Pacific Northwest -- site of a reported shoot-out. Investigator Colin Cellars cannot find a trace of perpetrator or victim -- or even confirm that anyone has been killed. As he doggedly pursues the case, he realizes there is far more at stake here than murder. Someone -- something? -- will stop at nothing to prevent him from discovering the truth. For the truth is not "out there". It is locked away in Cellars's own evidence file. The evidence points to a killer far outside Cellars's experience -- far outside any earthly experience. But who will believe one maverick cop?

From the New York Times bestselling author of Balefire comes a chilling tale of murder, forensic detection, and vivid speculation, pitting a unique crime scene investigator against a culprit who may be unlike any this world ever spawned....

From the Inside Flap

A down-to-earth forensics expert has just discovered a crime scene that is out of this world.
In criminal forensics they train you to uncover evidence, no matter how brutal or bizarre the murder.
But what if one night you make contact with a crime scene so terrifying, no one on earth can explain it?
It begins at a chaotic crime scene in the deep woods of the Pacific Northwest--site of a reported shoot-out. Investigator Colin Cellars cannot find a trace of perpetrator or victim--or even confirm that anyone has been killed. As he doggedly pursues the case, he realizes there is far more at stake here than murder. Someone--something?--will stop at nothing to prevent him from discovering the truth. For the truth is not "out there." It is locked away in Cellars's own evidence file. The evidence points to a killer far outside Cellars's experience--far outside any earthly experience. But who will believe one maverick cop?
From the "New York Times bestselling author of Balefire comes a chilling tale of murder, forensic detection, and vivid speculation, pitting a unique crime scene investigator against a culprit who may be unlike any this world ever spawned....

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Dell
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553579134
• ISBN 13: 9780553579130
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 464