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The Second Opinion: A Simone Aldridge Forensic Thriller
Paperback
Series: Simone Aldridge Forensic Thriller, Book 2
Publisher: Carter Bryson
Published: Jul 7 2026
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The dead don't lie. Paper does.
When renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Simone Aldridge is ordered to exhume the body of Bernard Kroll, she expects to confirm what everyone already believes: a sixty-one-year-old man died of natural causes.
Instead, the body tells a different story.
Hidden within bone, hair, and tissue lies unmistakable evidence of poisoning-evidence that should have been impossible to miss. Yet the original autopsy, toxicology report, and death certificate all insist Bernard Kroll simply suffered a fatal heart attack.
Bodies cannot rewrite themselves.
Someone rewrote the records.
As Aldridge peels back layer after layer of carefully constructed deception, she uncovers a chilling pattern that reaches far beyond a single death. Medical files have been altered. Toxicology reports have vanished. Funeral records don't match the evidence. Every document points to an ordinary death while every forensic fact points to murder.
The deeper she digs, the more dangerous the investigation becomes.
Because someone has spent years ensuring that murders disappear beneath immaculate paperwork...and that anyone who questions the official story is dismissed before the truth can surface.
Now Aldridge is racing to expose a killer who understands the death investigation system as well as she does-and who has spent decades perfecting the art of making homicide look perfectly natural.
Every new discovery threatens to unravel not just one case, but an entire hidden history of buried crimes.
And this time...
the truth refuses to stay underground.
The Second Opinion is the gripping second novel in The Grave Register series-a meticulously researched forensic mystery featuring brilliant investigations, unforgettable characters, escalating suspense, and twists that will keep you turning pages long into the night.
Perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent, evidence-driven thrillers filled with forensic science, medical investigation, and mysteries where every clue matters.
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