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As the director of the U.S. Army's Central Identification Lab in Hawaii (CILHI), Robert Dean "Kel" McKelvey has made a career solving some of the country's most complex identification cases. Though fast approaching emotional meltdown, Kel now faces his thorniest case yet: the recovery of Jimmie Carl Trimble, a soldier from Arkansas who died a hero's death in Vietnam forty years ago. When a rare DNA sequence turns up at both the Army and FBI labs, it points to the unthinkable: a link between Trimble and a forty-year-old, unsolved racial killing in the Arkansas delta. Partnered uneasily with the volatile FBI Special Agent Michael Levine, Kel must peel back decades of silence to reveal a complex web of stolen identity, betrayal, patriotism, collusion, and lies.
Taking readers deep inside the fascinating world of military and civilian forensic science, One Drop of Blood is a pitch-perfect thriller by a talented new author who knows the terrain better than anyone.
One of the most respected forensic anthropologists in the world, author Thomas Holland is the real Scientific Director of the U.S. Army's Central Identification Lab in Hawaii (CILHI)—the agency responsible for the recovery and identification of all U.S. war dead.
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"Good mystery. It gets a bit technical but if you push through, a very good story. I look forward to book #2."
— Kathy (4 out of 5 stars)
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“The telling of this story might prove daunting for some, but not for Patrick Lawlor…Lawlor’s got his Southern accents and mature voices down pat.”
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The telling of this story might prove daunting for some, but not for Patrick Lawlor…. Lawlor's got his Southern accents and mature voices down pat.
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One Drop of Blood Listener Reviews
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" Written by a friend of ours, I really enjoyed this as a first novel. "
— Kellysutterfield, 12/3/2013 -
" Great read - recommend it to all mystery lovers. "
— Charlotte, 6/16/2013 -
" Has some definite first-novel issues -- expository lumps, abrupt POV changes within paragraphs -- but good story line and characters, nice Southern flavor (speaking as a Southerner) and interesting plot. Look forward to the next one. "
— Carolyn, 3/23/2011 -
" Predictable and simplistic. Just didn't like it. "
— Pat, 9/17/2010 -
" very enjoyable view into how the CIL works - against the backdrop of a colorful - if not completely baffling - murder mystery. Some of the characters are a little weakly drawn, and the ending is a bit abrupt - as if mr. holland ran out of paper - but all in all a good first shot. "
— Martin, 8/29/2010 -
" My second cousin wrote this one. Go Tom! Names of my family are tucked all around. I think there's even a Lacy in there, although that's more a nod to my dad and grandfather than to me. "
— Lacy, 11/25/2009 -
" There wasn't a single likable character in this book. The plot wasn't bad, but I didn't enjoy spending time with these people. "
— MeLisa, 2/14/2009 -
" Interesting and funny. A mystery murder with a lovable main character. "
— Stephanie, 1/16/2008
About Thomas Holland
Thomas Holland has led successful forensic investigations from North Korea to Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He is presently scientific director of the Department of Defense’s Central Identification Laboratory, the largest skeletal identification laboratory in the world. His team is frequently featured on Nova, 20/20, and 60 Minutes.
About Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor, an award-winning narrator, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. He has worked extensively off Broadway and has been an actor and stuntman in both film and television. He has been an Audie Award finalist multiple times and has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and many starred audio reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews.