First Cut: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

T.J. Mitchell

Judy Melinek

Genre Fiction

Harlequin Audio and Blackstone Publishing

The fearless memoir of a young forensic pathologist’s “rookie season” as a NYC medical examiner, and the cases—hair-raising and heartbreaking and impossibly complex—that shaped her as both a physician and a mother. Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. With her husband T.J. and their toddler Daniel holding down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation—performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, counseling grieving relatives. Working Stiff chronicles Judy’s two years of training, taking readers behind the police tape of some of the most harrowing deaths in the Big Apple, including a firsthand account of the events of September 11, the subsequent anthrax bio-terrorism attack, and the disastrous crash of American Airlines flight 587. Lively, action-packed, and loaded with mordant wit, Working Stiff offers a firsthand account of daily life in one of America’s most arduous professions, and the unexpected challenges of shuttling between the domains of the living and the dead. The body never lies—and through the murders, accidents, and suicides that land on her table, Dr. Melinek lays bare the truth behind the glamorized depictions of autopsy work on shows like CSI and Law &amp; Order to reveal the secret story of the real morgue.

Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

Biographies & Memoirs

Judy Melinek MD

Professionals & Academics

Scribner

Product Description 
MP3 CD Format 
When an earthquake strikes San Francisco, forensics expert Jessie Teska faces her biggest threat yet in this explosive new mystery from the New York Times bestselling authors of Working Stiff 
At first glance, the death appears to be an accident. The body, located on a construction site, rests under a collapsed beam. But when Dr. Jessie Teska arrives on the scene, she notices the telltale signs of a staged death. The victim has been murdered. A rising star in the San Francisco forensics world, Jessie is ready to unravel the case, help bring the murderer to justice and prevent them from potentially striking again. 
But when a major earthquake hits San Francisco right before Halloween, Jessie and the rest of the city are left reeling. And even if she emerges from the rubble, there’s no guaranteeing she’ll make it out alive. 
With Melinek and Mitchell’s trademark blend of propulsive prose, deft plotting and mordant humor, this electrifying new installment in the Jessie Teska Mystery series offers the highest stakes yet. 
 Review 
"Scalpel sharp."-- "Kathy Reichs, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on First Cut" 
 About the Author 
Judy Melinek, MD, is a forensic pathologist and an associate clinical professor at UCSF Medical Center. She earned her college degree from Harvard and received her medical degree and pathology residency training at UCLA. She has worked and lived in San Francisco with her husband, T. J. Mitchell, and their children since 2004. 
T. J. Mitchell is a writer with an English degree from Harvard, and worked in the film industry before becoming a full-time stay-at-home dad. He is the New York Times bestselling co-author of Working Stiff with his wife, Judy Melinek.

Aftershock: A Novel (The Dr. Jessie Teska Mystery Series)

First Cut (Exclusive Edition)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

HQ Fiction US

Caution! No English version! Polish release.

Skalpel

Filia

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