Malicious intent : a novel
(Book)

"First published in Australia in 2004 by Pan Macmillan Australia"--T.p. verso.

Australian Anya Chrichton, a new forensic detective, has a three-year-old son, Ben, who is the light of her life. Unfortunately, weekends with Ben are threatened by the whims of her ex, whom she supports by working as a forensic specialist for private clients. When Anoub Deab demands that she investigate his sister's death, she does, though she is not a detective. That's just what she turns out to be, however, after discovering forensic similarities between Deab's sister and several other women.