"CHILLING...WILL KEEP EVEN THE HOST SOPHISTICATED READER GUESSING UNTIL THE VERY LAST PAGE...[IT] MAKES CSI AND NYPD BLUE LOOK LIKE CHILD'S PLAY."

--ANN RULE

"A SATISFYING READ FOR FANS OF BOTH MEDICAL AND CLASSIC MYSTERIES."

--THE DECATUR DAILY

When a body is found beneath a corstruction site near the Catskill Mountains,New York City deputy chief medical examiner Jake Rosen is called to the scene, where he meets his match: Philomena "Manny" Manfreda, a beautiful crusading attorney, Together they stumble upon a decades-old mystery involving a long-shuttered mental institution, shocking medical experiments, and a troubled love affair.