Audio Book Description:
The investigation of LaShawn Tompkins`s murder seemed straightforward enough. Upon his release from death row, the ex-drug-dealer returned to his oldneighborhood where he was gunned down onhis mother`s doorstep. Just another case of turf warfare. At least that`s what itlooks like on the surface toSeattle investigator JP Beaumont, who`s been handed the assignment under the strictest confidence. But as Beau startsdigging, the situatioin becomes morecomplicated than he`d thought. It appears that LaShawn really had turned over a new leafat the King Street Missionand his murder waspre-meditated. Someone had targeted the man for death. Meanwhile, Beau`s lover and fellow cop,Mel Soames, is given herown hush-hush investigation. A routinecheck on registered sex offenders has revealed a disturbing pattern: they`re dying off at analarming rate, and not all dueto natural causes. Details ofthe latest death suggest an inside job, but Mel isn`t letting this go. Suddenly,Mel`s investigation becomes entangled with Beau`s, and the two begin touncover a nightmarish conspiracy that could involve people inhigh places-including their own top brass.
