Loved the setting and was very interested in the characters interactions.
Kept reading because I was interested in the lines of inquiry. Tied up nicely.

I was fascinated by Melineks's first, non-fiction, book, Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner, and so had great expectations from her first novel and she and Mitchell totally delivered. This high pace thriller keeps you guessing. Using her real life experience as a forensic pathologist the author sets the scene so well. I could feel myself walking the streets of SF along with Jessie Teska. I'm really looking forward to more in the series.

Thank you Hanover Square Press for sending me an ARC of this book.
I’ve read Dr. Melinek’s memoir (Working Stiff) a few years ago and adored it! That book actually got me interested in reading memoirs.
She then wrote this novel (again, with her husband T.J. Mitchell) about a young medical examiner who quits her job in LA because of the traumatic event that happened at work and moves to San Francisco. But her troubles don’t stop; she gets a case that her boss pushes her to close as an accident, but she is convinced that it is a homicide. She is not quite sure what to do as she definitely does not need another incident at work, especially since this job is a fresh start for her.
I loved the writing style! It definitely reminds me of Working Stiff, even though this is a different genre. It was witty and enjoyable. Being a dentist, I really enjoy reading all stuff medical and there’s a lot of books out there written by doctors that can be overwhelming for non-medical people and some of them even for people who do work in medical field, but this book is nothing like that, it has a perfect amount of interesting facts that are very well distributed throughout the book. This book is perfect for anyone who likes forensics.
Let’s talk about setting. I love, love, love San Francisco and I didn’t even know this book was set there and was pleasantly surprised when I started reading it. Authors give us landmarks and street names, I enjoyed it so much.
Our protagonist was hilarious. She is not perfect, but she is intelligent and sassy AND she is half Polish and she uses Polish words and I smiled every time a word she was using was similar to the word of my native language (Serbian) and I could understand it without explanation.
I loved this book so much that I preordered a signed copy because I have no self control and I’m a hoarder of good books. Also, this is going to be series and I have to have them all.
This is one of the best books I’ve read this year, so do yourself a favor and read it when it comes out in January 2020, start your year right. And don’t worry, I’ll remind you again in January (on Instagram).

San Francisco medical examiner, Jessie Tanaka has taken her new job in the City by the Bay, hoping for a fresh start. But is seems she won’t be able to escape her own clouded past when she encounters a string of overdose cases that smack of something far more dangerous. Mitchell takes the medical examiner story line and brings it into the twentieth century with Bitcoin and uber rich tech moguls