According to the Medical Examiner's office, he's another statistic. The latest casualty in the new epidemic of cocaine-related deaths sweeping the city. But one vital piece of evidence has been suppressed . . .
Despite the objections of the police and her superiors, pathologist Laurie Montgomery is brave enough to follow her suspicions. Straight to the nerve centre of the city's leading hospital. Because if it wasn't random tragedy, it was a nightmare trade in death . . .