Synopsis
This is a forensic thriller starring John Eisenmenger, his partner, Helena Flemming, and police officer Beverley Wharton. It is about a series of gruesome murders that Beverley Wharton was convinced were done by Melkior Pendred, a mortuary technician with mental problems. But Melkior can't have done a sixth murder, which gives her rival, Chief Inspector Homer, just the opportunity he needs: he always thought the real killer was Martin, Melkior's twin brother... Then there is another murder. Beverley enlists the help of John Eisenmenger to prove that this is more than just another case of misjustice. But Martin is a strange man as Helena Flemming, his solicitor, soon discovers, and she has problems of her own, having just discovered that she has a breast lump. John and Beverley soon discover that the deaths are due to something far more complex than a disturbed man's madness; Helena, though, soon discovers that danger can come from more than one direction
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Book Description
In the beginning there were five identical murders, the bodies eviscerated and the organs scattered playfully around. Beverley Wharton had been certain that the killer was Melkior Pendred, but her colleague, Sergeant Homer, always believed she had caught the wrong man and that it was Melkior's twin, Martin, who was guilty.
About the Author
Keith McCarthy is a consultant histopathologist. Trained at St George's Medical School, London, he began practising pathology in 1985. The fifth Eisenmenger and Flemming mystery will be published in 2007. He is currently working on his third novel featuring Eisenmenger and Flemming.
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