Lisa Black is a latent fingerprint examiner in Florida and a former forensic scientist for the Cleveland coroner's office. As a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, she has testified in more than forty-five homicide trials. Trail of Blood (William Morrow, $24.99) is her third Theresa MacLean novel. It begins seventy-five years ago, when a madman nicknamed the Torso Killer terrorized Cleveland. His horrific spree lasted four years and crisscrossed the entire city. Overall, he was credited with more than a dozen murders. And he was never caught. Today, forensic scientist Theresa MacLean is called to investigate the work of a new Torso Killer. As the body count rises, Theresa finds herself nearer to danger than she ever imagined. For the killer is keeping a watchful eye on Theresa, and she begins to feel his presence everywhere. Each step brings them closer and closer to each other — at one point separated by no more than a speeding train in a railroad switchyard — as Theresa scours the city in her hunt for a murderous lunatic intent on reliving a terrifying past. 8pm