The Shamus Awardâwinning mystery series continues as a reporterâs investigation into a mysterious illness leads him to a deadly conspiracy.
When he hears residents of a Newark neighborhood are getting sickâand even dyingâfrom a strange disease, investigative reporter Carter Ross dives into the storyâso deep he comes down with the illness himself. With even more motivation to track down the source of the disease, Carter soon hits upon a nearby construction site. But when the projectâs developer is found dead, and his mob ties surface, Carter knows heâs looking at a story much biggerâand with even more dangerous consequencesâthan an environmental hazard.
Back in the newsroom, Carter has his hands full with his current girlfriend and with the paperâs newest eager intern, not to mention his boss and former girlfriend Tina Thompson, who has some news for Carter thatâs about to make tangling with the mob seem simple by comparison.