A registered transplant allows identifying as Madeline Papadelis a corpse found in a nature reserve swamp, in a puzzling mixed condition suggesting she was killed in hours, days viz. week. Trails lead to her ex, whom she infuriated by tormenting their late daughter beyond medical recommendation in experimental therapy, the Freling couple's Virginia cryogenics firm and their rogue rival Tripp Warshaw, for whom loses them as last clients was the last straw. More possible motives are unearthed. Booth worries about case reviews demanded by the deputy director, even more when it seems he's being pondered for a foreign promotion. Aristoo is caught between cowardly lover Cam and his surprise-visiting Iranian parents, who broke with his brother after meeting his fiancée.
—KGF Vissers