The DNA Detectives: Working Against Time [Paperback]

Anne Hart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 11, 2002

A scientist awakes in a theater with her memory erased, rain-soaked clothing, someone elses underwear, a new face, pregnant, and no identification, money, or shoes. Her only connection to reality is the business card she finds crumpled in the corner of her pocket that leads her to the molecular genetics department of a university medical school where the professor, a scientist and law man is rushing to save the life of a man on Death Row whose name was tagged on anothers DNA twenty years ago.New DNA technology has allowed former detectives to return to their cold cases decades later and use the new DNA technology to solve the old cases with new evidence. Now she must work with him in a race against time to save an innocent man whose DNA was tagged by clerical error or purpose to crime evidence DNA, landing him in prison for decades.

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About the Author

Anne Hart has written several mystery, suspense, adventure, and romance novels each year since 1963 and holds a graduate degree in English/creative writing with a life-long interest in population genetics, molecular genetics, genealogy, and archaeogenetics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (October 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595253393
• ISBN-13: 978-0595253395
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,484,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book I've read on DNA, genealogy, romance, and suspense, November 17, 2002

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This review is from: The DNA Detectives: Working Against Time (Paperback)

I loved this book, especially the too hot to handle love scenes, the search for identity, the authentic DNA research steps, and the lively, careful writing. It's one terrific novel by a DNA research journalist and family history observer. Great book, and the romance was terrific with those 14-page love scenes, as well as the fast-paced, gripping adventure, mystery and adventure/travel. This book is a real page-turner. I read it almost all night. Highly recommend The DNA Detectives, bringing those detectives back to work on cold cases with new DNA techniques. Marvelous. I'm sharing this book with my graduate students. It's terrific, the sizzle between the heroine and the hero, and it all takes place at a fictional DNA research center on a university campus. Wow. I also learned how DNA was tested without it ever distracting from the fast-paced, gripping story. This book is character-driven as well as plot driven, and the character's relationship drives the plot as well as the fast-paced facts unfolding with scientific accuracy. You won't be able to put this book down. What a refresher, DNA and genealogy....It grips you in reality, and yet is a novel.