Cheryl Beth Wilson, an elite nurse at Cincinnati Memorial Hospital, finds a doctor brutally murdered in a secluded office. Wilson had been having an affair with the doctor’s husband, a surgeon, and this makes her a suspect. But someone other than the police is watching Cheryl Beth.

The killing comes as homicide detective Will Borders is just hours out of surgery. But as his stretcher is wheeled past the crime scene, he knows this is no random murder but instead has all the marks of a serial killer case that he supposedly solved years before.

Although unable even to walk, Borders starts to investigate, teaming up with Cheryl Beth, who is desperate to clear her name. But as the killer grows closer, the two are running out of time to unlock the secrets of the murder.

JON TALTON spent more than twenty years as a journalist, working for newspapers in San Diego, Denver, Dayton, Cincinnati, and Charlotte. His columns have appeared in newspapers throughout North America. Before his journalism career, he worked as an ambulance medic in the inner city of Phoenix. He now lives in Seattle.