Top-notch forensic scientistAlexandra Forsythe returned to Athenato prove that the death of her dearestfriend had been no accident. Armed withonly her razor-sharp mind and coolnessunder fire-and the memory of a desperatecall for help-Alex set out to uncover a truththat could shake the foundations of theacademy that had trained her. Her diggingprovoked deadly retaliation and theattentions of a stranger who might lead hertoward the truth-or her death. Because inthe race for final proof, only the mostdetermined would survive....

Justine Davis lives on Puget Sound in Washington State, watching big ships and the occasional submarine go by, and sharing the neighborhood with assorted wildlife, including a pair of bald eagles, deer, a bear or two, and a tailless raccoon. In the few hours when she's not planning, plotting, or writing her next book, her favorite things are photography, knitting her way through a huge yarn stash, and driving her restored 1967 Corvette roadster-top down, of course.