Judy Melinek, MD

T.J. Mitchell

A New York City forensic pathologist and her Harvard-educated husband describe her experiences as a student and doctor throughout the events of September 11, the subsequent anthrax bio-terrorism attack and the disastrous crash of Flight 587.

Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner

Working Stiff

Judy Melinek

When an earthquake strikes San Francisco, forensics expert Jessie Teska faces her biggest threat yet in this explosive new mystery from the New York Times bestselling duo There’s a body crushed under a load of pipes on a San Francisco construction site, and medical examiner Dr. Jessie Teska is on call. So it’s her job to figure out who it is—and her headache when the autopsy reveals that the death is a homicide staged as an accident. Jessie is hot on the murderer’s trail, then an earthquake sends her and her whole city reeling. When the dust clears, her case has fallen apart and an innocent man is being framed. Jessie knows she’s the only one who can prove it, and she races to piece together the truth—before it gets buried and brings her down in the rubble. With Melinek and Mitchell’s trademark blend of propulsive prose, deft plotting and mordant humor, this rollicking new installment in the Jessie Teska Mystery series will shake you up and leave you rattled.

Aftershock

“Fun…and full of smart science. Fans of CSI—the real kind—will want to read it” (The Washington Post): A young forensic pathologist’s “rookie season” as a NYC medical examiner, and the hair-raising cases that shaped her as a physician and human being. Just two months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, Dr. Judy Melinek began her training as a New York City forensic pathologist. While her husband and their toddler held down the home front, Judy threw herself into the fascinating world of death investigation—performing autopsies, investigating death scenes, counseling grieving relatives. Working Stiff chronicles Judy’s two years of training, taking readers behind the police tape of some of the most harrowing deaths in the Big Apple, including a firsthand account of the events of September 11, the subsequent anthrax bio-terrorism attack, and the disastrous crash of American Airlines Flight 587. An unvarnished portrait of the daily life of medical examiners—complete with grisly anecdotes, chilling crime scenes, and a welcome dose of gallows humor—Working Stiff offers a glimpse into the daily life of one of America’s most arduous professions, and the unexpected challenges of shuttling between the domains of the living and the dead. The body never lies—and through the murders, accidents, and suicides that land on her table, Dr. Melinek lays bare the truth behind the glamorized depictions of autopsy work on television to reveal the secret story of the real morgue. “Haunting and illuminating...the stories from her average workdays…transfix the reader with their demonstration that medical science can diagnose and console long after the heartbeat stops” (The New York Times).

Judy Melinek, M.D.

Kariéru soudní lékařky začínala Judy Melinek na mimořádném místě a v mimořádném čase. Měla za sebou teprve pouhé dva měsíce praxe coby newyorská soudní lékařka, když došlo k útokům z 11. září 2001. Vyšetřovala těla obětí anthraxových obálek, které vyděsily Spojené státy o měsíc později. V listopadu 2001 byla u identifikace obětí havárie letu 587, který se zřítil v Queens. Během dalších dvou let měla Judy „na pracovním stole“ 262 lidí i jejich částí. Oběti vražd, nehod, sebevrahy. Těla znetvořená, těla ve větším či menším stupni rozkladu. Jaká je práce forenzního patologa? Seriály jako CSI: Kriminálka Las Vegas ukazují pouze přijatelnější tvář. Skutečnost je přitom taková, že patří k fyzicky a psychicky nejnáročnějším povoláním vůbec. Společné nicméně mají televize a realita jedno – těla nikdy nelžou. A kdo jim umí naslouchat, tomu odhalí pravdu. Judy Melinek naslouchá mrtvým velice pozorně, zároveň je skvělá vypravěčka – v mimořádně čtivém příběhu soudní lékařky, která svůj život dělí mezi manžela, malého syna a mrtvé v chladících boxech, vám představí forenzní patologii bez příkras a bez patosu. Více o knize na http://bluevision.cz/rez-do-tuheho/

Dva roky, 262 mrtvol aneb vzpomínky soudní lékařky

Řez do tuhého

A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of January 2020 “Scalpel sharp.”—Kathy Reichs A young rookie medical examiner. A suspicious case. An underworld plot only she saw coming. From the New York Times bestselling authors of Working Stiff For San Francisco’s newest medical examiner, Dr. Jessie Teska, it was supposed to be a fresh start. A new job in a new city. A way to escape her own dark past. Instead she faces a chilling discovery when an opioid-overdose case contains hints of something more sinister. Jessie’s superiors urge her to close the case, but as more bodies land on her autopsy table, she uncovers a constellation of deaths that point to an elaborate plot involving drug dealers and Bitcoin brokers. Drawing on her real-life experiences as a forensics expert, Judy Melinek teams up with husband T.J. Mitchell to deliver the most exhilarating mystery of the year. Autopsy means “see for yourself,” and Jessie Teska won’t stop until she has seen it all—even if it means that the next corpse on the table could be her own.

T.J. Mitchell

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