Homicide Chart

<p><strong>"Excellent... A law buff's delight..." — <em>Mystery Scene Magazine</em></strong></p><p>It’s 1994. The murder rate in New York City is sky high and Dana Hargrove’s caseload is soaring. As a top prosecutor in the District Attorney’s Office Dana belongs to an elite cadre on the “homicide chart” a 24/7 rotation of on-call responders to murder scenes.</p><p>Dana is also a young mother juggling the competing demands of career and home. Her next shift on the chart couldn’t 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.</p><p>A tragic crime forges the painful intersection of family and career at the center of <em>Homicide Chart</em>. In a dilemma of heart and conscience Dana is forced to question every choice she’s made about her life and the people she holds most dear.</p>