Ridley Pearson is the author of numerous novels of suspense and crime procedure who is equally at home in the fast-paced world of thrillers as he is in the research-driven environment of forensic science. With many of his books optioned for movies and sales figures in the six-digits for hardcover releases, Pearson is one of the most successful practitioners of the criminal procedural around; his "Boldt and Matthews" series featuring detective Lou Boldt and police psychologist Daphne Matthews--whose on-again, off-again romance provides the series with a continuing subplot--is set in the author's former home town of Seattle, Washington, and has attracted a legion of loyal readers. Additionally, his five non-series books, including The Saving of Yankee Green Mall, Probable Cause, Hard Sell, Chain of Evidence, and Parallel Lies, deal with topics from serial killers to international terrorism and have been equally as popular as his series titles.

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