Dr. Calista Marley is an anatomy professor, county deputy coroner and practicing pathologist. He husband Plato is a family physician, who specializes in geriatrics. Both their lives are extremely busy as they constantly try to cope with life and death issues. Plato is currently going through a rough period because one of his favorite patients insist on being allowed to die without medical intervention so that her suffering will end. The empathetic healer finds it extremely difficult to abide by her wishes, just as he has trouble coming to terms with the fact that his beloved pet is terminally ill. The Marleys need a good murder investigation to get their minds off their woes and as luck would have it (unless your the victim) one comes along when a headless, dissected body is found at the Cleveland Medical School that they are both associated with. The mystery is further complicated when a collection of bones that the school donates to a museum turns up four unaccounted bodies. This leads the police and the Marleys to wonder if there is a link between the dug up body and the extra skeletons. Matters turn more grisly when a hematologist is found clubbed to death. The deceased professor's partner is being sued for malpractice. They were working on an experimental drug that is being given to some of Plato's terminally ill patients. As the sleuthing doctors try to connect all the various puzzle pieces to obtain a true picture of the killer, they run the risk of becoming the villain's next victims.

RELEASE NOTES:

Sending to SqueakyChu for wild release during International Day of the Book Festival on Sunday, April 27, 2008 from 12 noon to 5 pm.
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I received this book in the mail today in a huge package of books for a mass release at a book fair in Kensington, Maryland, USA, this month. Thank you so much for your kindness, Tribefan!

RELEASE NOTES:

This book will be released in Kensington, Maryland, at the International Day of the Book festival somewhere on Howard Avenue (Antique Row).

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This was leftover at the end of the International Day of the Book festival in Kensington, Maryland, yesterday. I hope to continue its journey soon.

RELEASE NOTES:

Left on a ledge.

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I really hope you enjoy the book you found! When you’re done reading it, you can make another journal entry with your comments here to let me know what you thought of it. You can keep the book forever and ever or pass it on to someone else. If you’re giving it to someone directly, make another journal entry saying so. If you choose to leave it somewhere “in the wild” for anyone to catch, make release notes that indicate where you left it. If you register, you will be alerted by e-mail each time someone makes another journal entry. It’s all confidential (you’re known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Then you can track this book as it goes on its journey!

I received the book at the Kingstowne Town Center Garage because I parked in the spot next to it. I spotted a random book and thought that someone had forgotten it until I read the sticky note and the subsequent references to bookcrossing inside. I hope to read the book during this summer and release it at Virginia Tech (where I go to school).