The Fatal End
The Fatal End is book 2 in the Teigan Craft Forensic Mysteries series by A. J. Cross. After The Loose End, Professor Teigan “Tig” Craft is again working with DCI Steve Thompson of West Midlands Police, this time on the murder of nurse Riley McCarthy, who disappears after a late shift in a Birmingham hospital’s cardiac unit. The story takes place in a workplace setting where people have to balance their public duties with sensitive personal secrets. Craft’s forensic psychology perspective makes the case more compelling, especially as the suspects’ ambitions, scandals, and hidden loyalties lead right back to the office.
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Meet Professor Teigan Craft, a neurodivergent forensic psychologist getting into the minds of Birmingham’s most twisted killers.
Even in the safest of places, a killer lurks . . .
Young nurse Riley McCarthy never made it home after her late hospital shift in the Cardiac Unit.
When forensic pathologist Professor Teigan ‘Tig’ Craft and Detective Chief Inspector Steve Thompson of West Midlands Police find Riley’s body, their focus quickly turns to her colleagues in the unit. Everyone is under suspicion, and almost everyone has a secret, including Riley herself . . .
As Craft and Thompson unravel the lives of Riley and her colleagues, they uncover scandal and dangerous ambitions, but what led to Riley’s terrible fate? One thing is clear: in a place where lives are saved every day, someone was determined to end hers.
This page-turning, suspenseful and mazey forensic mystery series set in the West Midlands is perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell.
Part of the Teigan Craft Forensic Mystery series – see the full reading order on the A.J. Cross Books in Order page.
