Jillian Perry is a wife of a rich video game creator and has a little child. Perry and the little girl are found dead in the frosty woods near Cleveland. The police do not take this as a serious matter and closes the death as a suicide.

Theresa MacLean a Medical examiner gets deeper into the case and suspects that Jillian was murdered. But the problem is that there is no evidence to show how she died and more complications because she has no wounds, no evidence of drugs or poison and nothing.
Every one considers that she walked into the woods and was frozen to death. But Theresa moves deeper into the investigation, as she keeps digging, she make out that the killer is about to strike again.

The solution to the mystery involves clever work by Theresa, who explores the mind of the murderer and turns his brilliance against him.

With Evidence of Murder, Black creates memorable characters and a clear plot. As she is a forensic scientist herself, shows her handling of the technical aspects and does few experiments in the case.

Black's writing is clear, uncomplicated and very easy to read, except in few clunky sentences. No doubt that Black is one of the best writers in the mystery genre.