**The star crime-solving pair of Dr. Jake Rosen, world-famous pathologist, and top litigator Manny Manfreda, return in a gripping new thriller. New York City is on high alert for a serial killer—a strange kind of thief who stalks his victims for the purpose of extracting a vial of blood, earning him the tabloid nickname “the Vampire.” As the attacks escalate to torture and then to murder, Jake and Manny begin to suspect there is a connection between the killer’s seemingly random victims. But how do they link it to a case that Manny’s been working for a kid whose high school prank-gone-wrong has earned him the moniker the Preppy Terrorist? They soon discover that their case is a tragic tale of corruption interlaced with cover-ups, conspiracies, death squads, and dictators who committed crimes that to this day go unpunished.**

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Baden, Michael M. Dr., Kenney, Linda

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Random House, Incorporated

Random House AudioBooks

Vintage Books USA

1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed, New York, 2010

United States, United States of America

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<p>Forensic expert Dr. Michael Baden of the HBO series <i>Autopsy</i> and trial attorney and legal commentator Linda Kenney Baden bring us a chilling new thriller featuring their crack crime-fighting duo&#58; Dr. Jake Rosen, world-famous pathologist, deputy chief medical examiner, and devoted scientist; and top litigator Manny Manfreda, who is as lovely (and accessorized) as she is gutsy.<br><br>The case begins with New York City on high alert for a most bizarre serial killer&#8212;a strange kind of thief who stalks his victims for the purpose of extracting a vial of blood, earning him the tabloid nickname the Vampire. As the attacks become more and more vicious and escalate to torture and then to murder, Jake and Manny begin to suspect there is a connection between the killer&#8217;s seemingly random victims. But what is the link between the Vampire and a case that Manny&#8217;s been working for a kid whose high school prank-gone-wrong has earned him the moniker the Preppy Terrorist and...</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p><P>The middling second forensic thriller from eminent pathologist Baden and his attorney wife (after <I>Remains Silent</I>) finds their fictional alter egos, Jake Rosen, New York City's deputy chief medical examiner, and his girlfriend, lawyer Philomena Manny Manfreda, both pursuing important cases. Jake is helping the police look into the attacks of the Vampire, who has rendered five victims, including an opera singer, unconscious before draining some blood from their arms. Later, the Vampire ups the ante to murder. Meanwhile, Manny is defending a young man charged with setting a bomb in a mailbox that almost killed a federal judge. Few will be surprised when these separate plot lines intersect. Weak characterizations, a predictable damsel-in-distress twist and a shot in the dark, rather than Jake's scientific skill, that saves the day won't satisfy fans of Kathy Reichs and other authors of first-rate forensic thrillers. <I>Author tour. (June)</I></P>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.</p>

The New York crimefighting team of medical examiner Jake Rosen and attorney Philomena "Manny" Manfreda take on the bizarre case of a stalker and thief who sedates his victims and then steals vials of their blood

2011-04-11