The Digital Coroner - Ardoin, Paul Austin

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Résumé :
A murdered tech mogul. A missing knife. And a coroner far from home with everything on the line. Fenway Stevenson just wanted to help her boyfriend move across the country. But what should've been a routine road trip derails in the Nevada desert when her best friend Piper's knife goes missing-only to turn up the next morning in the chest of a dead man. The victim? Vaughn Trask, the controversial founder of a flashy new digital art museum built around NFTs, hype, and investor cash. The crime scene? The parking lot outside their hotel. And the murder weapon? Personalized, engraved--and undeniably Piper's. Fenway doesn't have jurisdiction here, but she knows what this looks like. Piper had a public argument with the victim. There's video. There's motive. And now there's forensic evidence pointing straight at her. With local authorities on their way and the clock ticking, Fenway must walk a delicate line--helping with the investigation without interfering, protecting her friend without obstructing justice, and finding the real killer before Piper takes the fall for a crime she didn't commit. But the deeper Fenway digs, the more questions she uncovers. Why was Vaughn Trask really in that parking lot? What secrets were hiding behind the museum's glossy black walls? And who else had a reason to want him dead? The Digital Coroner is the tenth installment in the acclaimed Fenway Stevenson Mysteries, combining forensic suspense, modern tech intrigue, and razor-sharp character work. Perfect for fans of Patricia Cornwell, Ann Cleeves, and Tana French, this novel explores the collision of loyalty, legacy, and the murky morality of innovation. With no badge, no tools, and no backup, Fenway will have to rely on her instincts--and hope the truth is enough to keep her best friend out of prison. Start The Digital Coroner today and dive into a smart, high-stakes mystery where art meets ambition, and murder is just another line of code....

Biographie:
Paul Austin Ardoin is the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Fenway Stevenson Mysteries, The Woodhead & Becker Mysteries, and the Time Loop Detective series, and is a contributing writer to Indie Author Magazine. Born and raised in Northern California, Paul holds a B.A. in creative writing from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.B.A. in marketing from the University of Phoenix. He lives in the Milwaukee area, where he enjoys Milwaukee's surprisingly excellent symphony orchestra and unsurprisingly excellent fried cheese curds....

Sommaire:
Art and technology: the perfect recipe for betrayal-and murder. Coroner Fenway Stevenson is driving her boyfriend's moving truck from California to Colorado. She and her friend Piper stop at a museum east of Vegas, only to be shocked at the financial and artistic betrayal of the artists on display in the name of progress. But when the museum's director is found dead next to the moving truck with Piper's knife sticking out of his chest, Piper is the prime suspect. Fenway must use all the tools at her disposal to find the real killer and save her friend. Soon she discovers a betrayed wife, an angry mistress, shady investors, not to mention the hundreds of artists who had their money stolen. There's no shortage of suspects-but none of them owned the murder weapon. Can Fenway find the killer and save Piper?...