TY - BOOK AU - Black,Lisa TI - Red flags T2 - A Locard Institute thriller SN - 9781638086765 PY - 2023/// CY - Thorndike, Maine PB - Center Point Large Print KW - Women forensic scientists KW - Fiction KW - Missing children KW - Kidnapping KW - Cousins KW - Women pathologists KW - Political corruption KW - Large type books KW - Washington (D.C.) KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Large print books N1 - Regular print version previously published by Kensington Publishing Corp; Includes author's note with background information N2 - "When D.C. crime scene analyst Dr. Ellie Carr is called to investigate the heartrending case of a missing baby, she's shocked to discover that the child's mother is her own cousin. Close during their impoverished childhoods, Ellie and Rebecca eventually drifted apart. Rebecca is now half of a Washington power couple, and she and her wealthy lobbyist husband, Hunter, have been living a charmed life in an opulent mansion -- until their infant son is taken. Every contact leaves a trace. That's the basic principle of forensic science followed by pathologist Dr. Rachael Davies. A reluctant Ellie is teamed with Rachael, employed by Hunter to help with the investigation. But in this case, discovering where those traces lead quickly becomes a dangerous journey through a web of greed and deadly ambition. At first antagonists, then allies, Ellie and Rachael race to find the baby alive and bring the kidnappers to justice. What seemed like a simple ransom grab reveals links to a lobbying effort to loosen regulations on a billion-dollar gaming empire. Unless they can piece together the evidence before the Senate hearing, Rebecca's son -- and others like him -- will face an unthinkable fate . . ."-- ER -