Bücher der Reihe Forensic Handwriting Mysteries

Sheila Lowe "wins readers over with her well-developed heroine and the wealth of fascinating detail" (Booklist) in this captivating mystery set in Hollywood, where forensic handwriting expert Claudia Rose knows that despite the words it forms, a pen will always write the truth.Before her body is found floating in her Jacuzzi, publicist to the stars Lindsey Alexander had few friends, but plenty of lovers. To her ex-friend Claudia, she was a ruthless, backstabbing manipulator. But even Claudia is shocked by Lindsey''s startling final note: It was fun while it lasted.It would be easier on the police-and Claudia-to write off Lindsey''s death as suicide, but Claudia''s instincts push her to investigate further, and she quickly finds herself entangled in a far darker scenario than she had anticipated. Racing to identify the killer, Claudia soon has a price on her head. Unless she can read the handwriting on the wall, she will become the next victim.

Claudia Rose''s latest client, the widow of a rich older man, is hated by her stepchildren, who are dead set on proving that she forged their father''s signature on his will. He left his entire estate, including the Sorensen Academy, to his young wife. Intrigued by this real-life soap opera, Claudia soon breaks one of the cardinal rules of business: Never get personally involved. But when she grows attached to a troubled Sorensen student, disaster strikes, she quickly realizes that reading between the lines can mean the difference between life and death.