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Dr Anya Crichton is a forensic pathologist, who has recently left the public sector and has begun working privately. As well as working hard to maintain her relationship with her son and ex-husband, she must act as one of the first points of contact for vulnerable woman, due to her employment at a Sexual Assault Unit. In addition to this, as a favour she is asked to investigate some of the cases of a former colleague, a well-respected man who is now suspected of unethical practise, harmful to the victims in his cases. Reluctant to be a whistle-blower, she however chooses to accept the task, which leads her into a mystery that links current cases under investigation to crimes that were thought to be have been solved twenty years previously. The doctor's journey is detailed in this sensational book, as the investigation draws she and her friends, family and workmates into a dangerous case that may change their lives forever.

A must-read for fans of Patricia Cornwell, Tess Gerritsen, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner and the like, this is a gripping page-turner, with unexpected twists and turns throughout the book. If you are a fan of detailed stories, with well-developed characters that you actually care about, then you should definitely give this a try. Kathryn Fox has an eye for detail and description that is not easily paralleled, and keeps her story moving along swiftly, without any slowing of the pace of the story. Fans of this author will have already have met many of the main characters in her debut novel Malicious Intent, and would be right to be eagerly awaiting this sequel.

Julie Phelan

Dr Anya Crichton is an Australian pathologist and forensic physician who last year became a victim of a damaging newspaper report casting doubt upon her credibility. Determined to continue her valuable work at a rape centre she finds herself treating two women who exhibit similar wounds and who the rapist both told ‘if you can’t be hurt, you can’t be loved’.
In another part of Sydney Geoffrey Willard has been released after serving 20 years for murdering a young woman whose injuries bear a resemblance to Anya’s patients. Her career having already suffered setbacks, Anya is now asked to review some of the cases from one of her colleagues, Alf Carney, who seems to have made some significant errors and Anya now learns he missed a vital clue when examining the body of the girl Willard was convicted of killing.
Although a forensic physician, Anya finds herself torn between the need for science against the need of the individual. She strongly believes that her role is as an advocate and finds herself battling against detailed photographic examinations which she knows will further the conviction rates but at whose expense? Then one of her rape victims turns up dead and Geoff Willard is in the frame. She finds herself inadvertently helping a ruthless barrister, Veronica Slater, who seems intent on finding evidence to free rapists and murderers while at the same time furthering her own ego and career.

Helped by DI Hayden Richards Anya starts some sleuthing of her own but in so doing uncovers a web of deceit going back 20 years.
As a general practitioner Kathryn Fox has more than enough inside knowledge to enrich the text with just enough medical terminology to ensure the characters ooze authenticity and hooks the reader with a narrative filled with dramatic action.

wendy hunt

A Brilliantly written and gripping read from start to finish is the best way to describe this crime fiction book. As Kathryn Fox's forensic pathologist Dr Anya Crichton shows a down to earth, strong character, whose meticulous in collecting forensic evidence whilst at the same time showing an understanding of how the victims of rape have been affected and made to feel by their attacker. The working relationships Dr Crichton has with colleagues from the police and forensic teams help to make her a very likeable character with similar qualities to Kay Scarpetta in Patricia Cornwells' ccrime novels. Her strength of character also comes over when having to investigate and review a colleagues work and then in the way she handles her own escape from danger.

The story line flows with ease whilst getting deeper into the forensic detail of the case to find what links the victims to the crime, slong with Anya's personal life which helps to give a convincing plot to the whole book.

Thisis a well written fast pace thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat guessing and turning the pages to find yet another twist to the crime. The characters are so well developed and the detail shown in the forensic investigation just has you impatiently awaiting the next book.

MALICIOUS INTENT  will be available in small paperback in Australia and NZ in April 2007. check out the TV ad on our breaking news section.