First Cut  is a debut medical mystery from the husband and wife writing team of Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner. Our main character, Dr. Jessie Teska, is (we assume) heavily based on Judy Melinek’s experience as an ME for Los Angeles and San Francisco. Jessie has left her job at the LA Medical Examiner’s office under something of a cloud, and has just started a new position in San Francisco. While contending with heavy workload, old and […]