Product Review

In the third book in this star-reviewed Portland, Maine-based police procedural series, Det. Joe Burgess?s hopes for a more normal life slam up against the ugly reality of his job.On his way to a Columbus Day picnic with the foster children his girlfriend, Chris, hopes to adopt, Burgess is flagged down by two boys fishing off a pier who think they?ve spotted a body in the water.Picnic canceled, Burgess spends a gorgeous fall day supervising the retrieval of the body, only to find, during the ME?s preliminary exam, that he is looking at someone he knows--Burgess must find out the who, and why, of his lost friend?s death, an investigation that will undoubtedly keep readers hooked until the very end.