Murders at Brent Institute: A Dr. David Brooks Medical Murder Mystery

Jerry Labriola. Strong Books, $21.95 (320pp) ISBN 978-1-928782-38-4

In Jerry Labriola's Murders at Brent Institute, the follow-up to Murders at Hollings General, series sleuth Dr. David Brooks investigates what looks like a contract killing of the top scientist at the Brent Institute of Biotechnology. Labriola, a physician for nearly 35 years and coauthor with Dr. Henry Lee of Famous Crimes Revisited, brings his forensics expertise to this timely tale involving bioterrorism. 10-city author tour.

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