Homicide Chart (Dana Hargrove Legal Mystery)

Excellent... A law buffs delight... -- Mystery Scene MagazineIts 1994. The murder rate in New York City is sky high and Dana Hargroves caseload is soaring. As a top prosecutor in the District Attorneys Office Dana belongs to an elite cadre on the homicide chart a 24/7 rotation of on-call responders to murder scenes.Dana is also a young mother juggling the competing demands of career and home. Her next shift on the chart couldnt come at a worse time. Distracted by concerns about the live-in caregiver for her two-year-old Dana barely survives an exhausting week of battles in the courtroom. A surprise witness of dubious credibility has surfaced threatening to undermine her airtight case against a reputed gang member on trial for the murder of a rival. In the midst of it all Dana pulls graveyard shift on the chart and receives a call in the middle of the night plunging her into a new murder investigation that hits dangerously close to home.A tragic crime forges the painful intersection of family and career at the center of Homicide Chart. In a dilemma of heart and conscience Dana is forced to question every choice shes made about her life and the people she holds most dear.