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Ten Two Jack • (The Midnight Line)
Jack of Spades • (Past Tense)
Prepper Jack • (Die Trying)
Full Metal Jack • (The Affair)
Jack Frost • (61 Hours)
Jack of Hearts • (Worth Dying For)
Straight Jack • (A Wanted Man)
Jack Knife • (Never Go Back)
Lone Star Jack • (Echo Burning)
The Michael Flint Series:
Blood Trails
Trace Evidence
Ground Truth (Coming Soon)
The Jess Kimball Thrillers Series:
Fatal Distraction
Fatal Demand
Fatal Error
Fatal Fall
Fatal Game
Fatal Bond
Fatal Enemy (novella)
Fatal Edge (novella)
Fatal Past (novella)
Fatal Heat (novella)
Fatal Dawn
The Hunt for Justice Series:
Due Justice
Twisted Justice
Secret Justice
Wasted Justice
Raw Justice
Mistaken Justice (novella)
Cold Justice (novella)
False Justice (novella)
Fair Justice (novella)
True Justice (novella)
Night Justice
The Park Hotel Mysteries:
Reservation with Death
Early Check Out
Room with a Clue
Late Arrival
Short Reads Collections:
Hit the Road Jack
Justice is Served
Fatal Action
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Author’s Note
Every new book begins with a spark that leads to an idea I can turn into an exciting story. In the case of Trace Evidence, the idea was sparked by an unusual true story.
Years ago, when I was a practicing lawyer in Detroit, one of my clients disappeared. He had been vacationing with his family at an inland lake in northern Michigan. He went out fishing alone, early in the morning, and didn’t come back. His boat was found, with all of his gear inside. He was never seen again.
The story stuck with me for several reasons. Because I knew him. And because it was a shock to learn that drowning victims could disappear from small inland lakes. When there is no outlet to a river or ocean, logically, the bodies should eventually be located, and the families deserve closure.
A decade later, I read about an unusual case at another inland lake. A young man, nineteen years old, went out alone on a jet ski in the afternoon. Later, the jet ski and his life jacket turned up, but the young man did not. A search was undertaken immediately, but he was not found. Ten years after he disappeared, new technology in use for underwater search and recovery had been developed. Using that technology and cadaver dogs, his body was found, lying peacefully and intact on the sandy lake bottom, about one hundred feet from the surface.
Thus, my research for Trace Evidence began. What I learned along the way forms the foundation for this story featuring Michael Flint.
A real-life heir hunter is a forensic genealogist, someone who researches ancestry by means of standard records and more, for profit. It was the “and more, for profit” piece that I’ve used to create the Michael Flint novels. The “and more, for profit” opens all sorts of story possibilities, doesn’t it? My writer’s mind went to work, furiously plotting.
For Trace Evidence, my research revealed that what happened to my client, and to the young jet skier, is only one of many unusual circumstances related to the thousands of lakes in North America and around the world.
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Acknowledgments
Every book is created with the help of experts, readers, editors, and friends. This one is no exception. My undying appreciation goes to readers who believed in this project and helped me bring it to you.
Michael Flint would not exist in his current form without the support of my friends who call themselves Capristers. For weeks, they helped me search for precisely the right name and had a lot of fun doing it. Capristers are the best readers in the world. I love you guys!
—Diane Capri
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About The Author
Diane Capri is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of numerous book series, including The Michael Flint Thrillers, The Hunt for Justice, The Hunt for Jack Reacher, The Jess Kimball Thrillers, and The Park Hotel Mysteries. A former lawyer, she now divides her time between Florida and Michigan. Capri’s books have been translated into several languages. She has been nominated for several awards, including the International Thriller Award, and is the recipient of the Silver award for Best Thriller e-Book from the Independent Book Publishers Association. Trace Evidence is the second book in The Michael Flint Thrillers Series, following Blood Trails. She is currently at work on her next novel.
Please connect with her online:
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Diane Capri, Trace Evidence
