Bodhi King Novel Series

Healthy residents of a posh assisted living facility are dying in the middle of the night ... expressions of pure terror etched on their faces. After solving a series of unexplained deaths several years ago, forensic pathologist Dr. Bodhi King retreated from the limelight. Now, he's called out of early retirement to help investigate a death cluster on a private island in the Florida Keys, where he lands in the middle of a simmering conflict. Members of the Golden Island Church have a furtive agenda to protect. The dying Cuban-Americans have long-held secrets of their own. And everyone seems to have a reason to stop Bodhi from bringing the truth to light. Dark Path is the first book in a thought-provoking forensic thriller series by USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller. Readers of the Sasha McCandless legal thriller series will recognize Bodhi from Improper Influence, A Marriage of True Minds, and The Humble Salve.

Dr. Bodhi King returns in Lonely Path, the second book in the gripping medical thriller series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author Melissa F. Miller. When forensic pathology consultant Bodhi King is invited to present a paper at a national conference, he runs into a fellow presenter and old flame, Dr. Eliza Rollins. It's been more than a decade since Bodhi broke her heart, and the devout Buddhist convinces Dr. Rollins to join him for dinner so he can make amends. On the way back to the hotel after their meal, they encounter a dazed young woman with no memory of who she is or what's happened to her. Their efforts to help her lead to a horrifying discovery in the woods that will force them to put aside their past to help the woman reclaim her life.

A corpse in a cornfield. Neighbor waging war against neighbor. A journal written in code. Forensic pathology Bodhi King's silent retreat at Buddhism monastery hasn't been as contemplative, or silent, as he hoped. Bodhi's plan was to meditate on the meaning of a recent run-in with an old flame, but instead he's pressed into service to identify a murdered stranger. Counseled by his Buddhist monk hosts, and out of his depth, he wades into an investigation with international political and financial implications. Soon, he teams up with a pair of federal agents, a bold, brainy plant pathologist, and the no-nonsense, small-town police chief. The players' loyalties shift continually, and nothing's as it seems. And, to think, all he wanted was a little peace and quiet. Hidden Path is the third book in the Bodhi King forensic thriller series by USA Today bestseller Melissa F. Miller.

DNA evidence doesn't lie. Except when it does.   When a man is murdered in his bed, DNA evidence conclusively identifies the killer. The only problem? He's currently serving a life sentence for murdering the man's wife more than six years earlier.   The medical examiner's office turns to forensic pathologist Bodhi King for help. But Bodhi's conflicted: he worked on the original case before his retirement. As Bodhi untangles the web of evidence, his quest for clarity calls his former colleagues' work into question and leads him down a dangerous path of secrets, lies, and violence. And his commitment to the truth may prove fatal.  

When a corpse surfaces during an archaeological dig, Bodhi King's in the wrong place at the wrong time.   Bodhi tags along as his girlfriend's plus-one at a convention of small-town police chiefs. While Bette is learning the latest in law enforcement advancements, he plans to meditate in the resort's Japanese garden and hike its mountain trails. Instead, he ends up helping an archaeology professor determine how, why, and when someone buried a woman near the cabin of a post-Civil War sharecropper. As the circumstances around the dead woman's demise come to light, the secrets of the past threaten to unleash destruction in the present.   The cold case heats up to a boiling point when his old flame joins the team and a murderer strikes.  

The cerebral and principled forensic pathologist Dr. Bodhi King confronts his most perplexing case yet.   When Bodhi King finds the first dead bird on the beach, he chalks it up to natural causes. Then he finds a second. And a third. He's camping on the Eastern Shore to re-center himself and recommit to Buddhism, not to play veterinary pathologist. But his tradition values all lives equally, and there appears to be an avian serial killer on the loose. Or is there?   Bodhi volunteers to uncover what's killing the birds. What he discovers leads him to an abandoned military bunker. There, a dysfunctional family feud, a counterfeiter of communications equipment, a dying man, and a cache of seventy-five-year-old crystals provide the answer he seeks—and put his life in danger. Cut off from the outside world, Bodhi pieces together the puzzle.   But in order to bring the truth to light and save himself, he'll have to reconcile his quest for nonattachment with his very real need for help and decide just how committed he is to walking the Noble Eightfold Path.  

When a medical examiner vanishes from the Florida Keys, a search of his home leads to Bodhi King. It's been years since Bodhi's heard from Joel Ashland, but he agrees to help the authorities look for the missing man—partly out of duty and partly out of curiosity.   Bodhi's hunt propels him to Florida's sun-soaked Forgotten Coast, where he comes across the lifeless body of the missing medical examiner. His next discovery is equally chilling. Joel'd been investigating a potential death cluster. Was Joel killed to cover up the truth? And will Bodhi's relentless quest for answers lead him to the same fate?   Principled, unwavering forensic pathologist Bodhi King returns in Forgotten Path, the eighth book in the series by USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller.

Once set in motion, the wheel of the truth cannot be stopped.   Forensic pathologist Bodhi King has an international reputation as the expert to consult when there's an unexplained death cluster. So he's not surprised when the call comes in about a troubling spate of deaths in a remote town on the U.S.-Canadian border.   He is surprised when he arrives in the tiny community tucked away in the mountains and every door slams shut in his face. The people there don't want his help, even as their own are dying. It would be the easiest thing in the world to walk away, but that's not the path Bodhi's chosen to walk.   So he digs into the town's dark crevices in search of the truth. But what he finds will force him to confront his own beliefs about courage, compassion, and the sanctity of life and of death. Bodhi King returns in Chosen Path, the seventh book in the series by USA Today bestselling author Melissa F. Miller.