Perfect for fans of Tess Gerritsen, Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwell, and Karin Slaughter, comes a debut thriller about a team of two strong women and a crime that will shake you to your core. Three separate homicides. Three unrelated victims. One grisly secret. When the body of a famous actress is unearthed from its shallow grave by a hungry bear journalist Whit McKenna and Medical Examiner Detective Katie Riggs team up quid pro quo to find the killer. Still recovering from a harrowing assignment with the L.A. Times that cost her husband's life, McKenna must pull herself together for the sake of her two teenage daughters. Moving to the small town of Medford, Oregon and writing the crime beat for the local paper only landed her in a deadly investigation. The trauma and heartache of her husband's death have only begun to heal when she is thrust into the plot of a bazaar series of murders. Best friend Katie Riggs, medical examiner detective, works with McKenna to solve the 'Dr. Frankenstein' murders before he strikes again. The town is on edge as details of the horrific autopsy reports are leaked. Who will be next? Time is running out and each front page article McKenna writes brings her closer to a killer who will stop at nothing to realize his deadly ambition.