Cincinnati homicide Detective Will Borders now walks with a cane and lives alone with constant discomfort. Heβs lucky to be alive. Heβs lucky to have a job, as public information officer for the department. But when a star cop is brutally murdered, heβs assigned to find her killer. The crime bears a chilling similarity to killings on the peaceful college campus nearby, where his friend Cheryl Beth Wilson is teaching nursing. The two young victims were her students. Most homicides are routine, the suspects readily apparent. These are definitely not. Once again, this unlikely pair teams up to pursue a sadistic predator before he kills again. But finding him will mean uncovering some of the darkest secrets in a Midwestern metropolis where change is slow, tradition and history lay as thick as the summer humidity, and lethal danger can hide in the most respected places.
Review
"The Ohio local color lends depth, and the threat of extreme violence compels, but the novelβs chief interest is watching two mature, vulnerable people become real partners whose survival really matters." β Publishers Weekly , starred review
"Full of praise for its Cincinnati locale...this sequel (to The Pain Nurse , 2009) confirms that the Will Borders novels have all the makings of a fine series." β Booklist
About the Author
Jon Talton is the author of nine novels, including the David Mapstone Mysteries and the thriller Deadline Man. He is also a veteran journalist, including the former business editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. He began the Cincinnatti Casebook series with The Pain Nurse. Jon lives in Seattle where he is economics columnist for the Seattle Times and runs the blog Rogue Columnist.