Jo Beckett series | Gilpin County Public Library

1) The dirty secrets club

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An ongoing string of high-profile and very public murder-suicides has San Francisco even more rattled than a string of recent earthquakes: A flamboyant fashion designer burns to death, clutching the body of his murdered lover. A superstar 49er jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge. And most shocking of all, a U.S. attorney launches her BMW off a highway overpass, killing herself and three others. Enter forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett, hired by the SFPD...

2) The memory collector

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Gardiner, Meg

Series

Jo Beckett series volume 2

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Forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett's specialty is the psychological autopsy - an investgation into a person's life to determine whether a death was natural, accidental, suicide, or homicide. She calls herself a deadshrinker instead of a headshrinker. The silence of her "patients" is a key part of the job's attraction. When Jo is asked to do a psychological autopsy on a living person, one with a suspect memory who can't be trusted to participate in his...

3) The liar's lullaby

Author

Gardiner, Meg

Series

Jo Beckett series volume 3
Thorndike Press large print thriller

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Book, Large Print

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When the country singer ex-wife of a U.S. president is sensationally murdered during a concert performance, forensic psychiatrist Jo Beckett endeavors to learn the victim's role in her demise as well as the murder's relevance for the president.

4) The nightmare thief

Author

Gardiner, Meg

Series

Jo Beckett series volume 4
Brilliance Audio on compact disc

Pub. Date

[2011]

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Book, CD

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Autumn Reiniger expects something special for her twenty-first birthday. Daddy's already bought her the sports car, the apartment, and admission to the private college where she parties away her weekends. Now she wants excitement, and she's going to get it. Her father signs up Autumn and five friends for an "ultimate urban reality" game: a simulated drug deal, manhunt, and jailbreak. It's a high-priced version of cops and robbers, played with fake...