Among The Dead ADA Alex Greco Series Book 1

A disturbing but intelligently crafted crime drama. - Kirkus Reviews for Among the Dead the first in the Alex Greco seriesFor a helpless autistic child it was inevitable. For the prime suspect a choice. For ADA Alex Greco a calling.When a beautiful and profoundly autistic boy named Hector is found hideously throat-cut in a Bronx row house its his father a callous and deceitful widower with gang ties who emerges as the prime suspect.Reluctantly catching the case is A.D.A. Alex Greco himself the wounded father of an autistic son who died at age three. A relative newcomer to the challenging and often brutal world of New Yorks toughest borough Alex has been excelling in this environment for two years rebuilding his shattered personal life and finding love again with a brilliant forensic psychologist Dr. Nikki Jaynes. But Alex guards a horrific secret from his own past and prosecuting Hectors case will do more than re-open old wounds - it may tear apart his present life as well. Teamed up with two savvy and colorful NYPD detectives they build a strong case against the boys father Norman Ruiz. But twists unfold as similarities are discovered by the Medical Examiner between Hectors case and two recent adult murders a fact which could exonerate Norman or make him a suspect in multiple homicides.Another murder shatters the case from the inside out. All the while echoes from Alexs compromised past continue to reverberate threatening everything hes rebuilt as a case that now haunts him speeds toward its shocking conclusion.