EDGE OF BLACK

Dr. Samantha Owens is starting over: new city new job new man new life. Shes trying to put some distance between herself and the devastating loss of her husband and children - but old hurts leave scars. Before shes even unpacked her office at Georgetown Universitys forensic pathology department shes called to consult on a case thats rocked the capital and the country. An unknown pathogen released into the Washington Metro has caused nationwide panic. Three people died - just three. A miracle and a puzzle.... Amid the media frenzy and Homeland Security alarm bells Sam painstakingly dissects the lives of those three victims and makes an unsettling conclusion. This is no textbook terrorist causing mayhem with broad strokes but an artist wielding a much finer more pointed instrument of destruction: an assassin whose motive is deeply personal and far from understandable. Xander Whitfield a former Army ranger and Sams new boyfriend knows about seeing the world in shades of gray. About feeling compelled to do the wrong thing for the right reasons. Only his disturbing kinship with a killer can lead Sam to the truth... and once more into the line of fire.