Sam Owens
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    A Deeper Darkness | J. T. Ellison
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    A Deeper Darkness

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 59 mins)
    • By J. T. Ellison
    • Narrated By Joyce Bean
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    As a medical examiner, Samantha Owens knows her job is to make a certain sense of death with crisp methodology and precision instruments. But the day the Tennessee floods took her husband and children, the light vanished from Sam’s life. She has been pulled into a suffocating grief no amount of workaholic ardor can penetrate - until she receives a peculiar call from Washington, D.C. On the other end of the line is an old boyfriend’s mother, asking Sam to do a second autopsy on her son.

    Not Your Next Temperence Brennan

    This main character is way over the top in her guilt, and the eventual explanation given for it is far from satisfactory. The overall story is intere..Show More »

    Reviewed on May 28 2012 by Barbara (Rock Hill, SC, United States)
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    Edge of Black: Sam Owens, Book 2 | J. T. Ellison
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    Edge of Black: Sam Owens, Book 2

    • UNABRIDGED (9 hrs and 51 mins)
    • By J. T. Ellison
    • Narrated By Joyce Bean
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    Dr. Samantha Owens is starting over: new city, new job, new man, new life. She’s trying to put some distance between herself and the devastating loss of her husband and children - but old hurts leave scars. Before she’s even unpacked her office at Georgetown University’s forensic pathology department, she’s called to consult on a case that’s rocked the capital and the country. An unknown pathogen released into the Washington Metro has caused nationwide panic. Three people died - just three. A miracle and a puzzle....

    A New Mystery Heroine Has Been Born!

    This 2nd book in the series has another imaginative plot and the return of several complex and interesting characters. And Joyce Bean is a great narr..Show More »

    Reviewed on Dec 13 2012 by Barbara (Rock Hill, SC, United States)