State of Shock: 2 (Royce Johnson Thriller)

When Jante Turner is murdered just days before she takes the mantle as new dean of Rockefeller University Law School in Chicago Royce Johnson is approached to help solve the murder. But Johnson doesnt even have an investigators license much less his old job with the FBI. In fact hes just been released from prison after serving a year-long sentence for his rogue investigation that led to the impeachment of a Supreme Court justice. Hero to some a criminal to others Johnson is hired by the new dean of Rockefeller Law to help clear his name from rumors swirling around the former deans unsolved murder. Soon Johnson finds himself at the intersection of higher education Chicago politics big money and murder. As he chases down leads across campus and the South Side the disappearance of an environmental lawyer at the University takes the investigation in a surprising direction. Johnson traces a river of corruption running from deep-pocket donors of the University to North Side developers and a South Side alderman who is heir to the throne in City Hall. In his desperation he turns to the one lawyer who can help him-the former Rockefeller student whom Johnson mistakenly framed for murder on his last case. Marcus Jones now practices law and although the relationship is strained for good reason they team up to catch Jantes killer. Wounded and on the run-but able to connect dots that track from a toxic dump to environmental law to the pinnacle of the University-Johnson circles back to his client the acting dean of Rockefeller Law and explodes the mans world by revealing the murderer.