The Budapest Connection
Dr. Henry C. Lee and Jerry Labriola, MD
Prometheus Books, October 2006, $24.00
ISBN: 159102465X

In spite of too many gruesome crime scenes, criminologist Dr. Henry Liu and the four other members of the Global Interactive Forensics Team (GIFT) are stunned by what they see winking back at them lying at the Brooklyn Marine Terminal. Three naked late teen female corpses each having one eye opened and one shut, arranged to form an equilateral triangle. The women were executed by a shot to their heads.

GIFT begins its investigation, informing NYPD that it is too soon to jump to conclusions. However, as they start to follow the clues, Dr. Liu and his three males and one female teammate run into a dangerous adversary who want Gift eliminated before they uncover the head of an international gang into all sorts of insidious activity, including a white slave sex ring that leads them to Budapest.

The forensic science is terrific as the renowned Dr. Henry C. Lee and Dr. Jerry Labriola collaborate on an exciting global thriller. However, having the GIFT players also act as warriors seems over the top, though it is fun to root for them as they kick butt. Still Dr. Liu and his squad provide readers with an interesting forensics investigation that takes the audience on a wonderful magical mystery tour from New York to THE BUDAPEST CONNECTION.