James Marshall Smith
ASIN: B01IDVR744
Publisher: Stealth Books (San Diego)
Pages: 300
James Marshall Smith has been praised as a master of suspense and one of the year’s best newcomers. His debut thriller, Silent Source, was an international finalist for the prestigious Clive Cussler Grand Master Award. The hate is deep. The death is slow. The cause is silent. You know that Atlanta PD has given up on a case when they call in Dr. Damon Keane. The sleuth scientist is quietly famous in forensic circles for unraveling the most daunting technical puzzles, but this case is bewildering. Two people are already dead. The third victim, a priest, is dying by inches in an Atlanta hospital, and the cause is a complete mystery to doctors and detectives alike. As if matters weren't strange enough, the dying priest's rosary beads have suddenly turned the color of blood.Despite that bizarre transformation, Keane knows that he's not chasing something supernatural. The killer is a ...