Scrawled in Blood — Paula F. Winskye

Randy McKay anticipated a relaxing family vacation to Sitka, Alaska. He never expected murder to be on the agenda.Randy's cousin, Ed Sarkov, had a long, frictional history with the victim and, after a public argument days before the murder, becomes the prime suspect.Convinced of his cousin's innocence, Randy begins to investigate. When the police find the probable murder weapon on his cousin's property, Ed's attorney asks Randy to join the defense team.As the situation gets more complicated, a new wrinkle calls for a specialized skill set. Randy calls his friend Tony Wagner--sheriff's detective and FBI consultant--to help him get to the bottom of the case and exonerate his cousinScrawled in Blood is the fourth in Winskye's Randy McKay mystery series.