Detectives are told to keep their cases at arm’s length: not to let cases creep into their personal lives. That was never a choice for the agents in these titles. Kay Scarpetta sits across a prison table from the mother of the woman who tried to kill her. Faith Mitchell is searching for her own abducted mother. Eve Dallas is hunting whoever killed a fellow officer, while TV producer Laurie Moran finds the cold case she is filming has turned its attention to her. Professional distance was never an option.
Patricia Cornwell, Red Mist - A single prison visit drags Scarpetta into a string of suspicious inmate deaths and a prisoner swearing she is innocent.
Karin Slaughter, Fallen - A bloodied doorknob, a baby hidden in the shed and a hostage standoff: Faith Mitchell's worst day has only started.
J.D. Robb, Ceremony in Death - An anonymous midnight summons to the Aquarian Club draws Eve Dallas into a cult with a taste for ritual.
Mary Higgins Clark, You Don't Own Me - Two grieving grandparents ask Laurie Moran to put their son's widow on trial in front of a television audience.
