Annapolis

Pat Jackson, homicide detective for the Annapolis Police Department nabs a new case at the end of an exhausting shift during the hottest days of summer. A bloated body has been discovered floating in Back Creek. The body has been ravaged by crabs ? yet it is obvious that this was no accidental death or suicide ? not with two bullet holes in the floater?s forehead. As a rare female detective within the small squad at APD, Jackson?s male counterparts call her a ?hot shot? behind her back, possibly because she is the finest investigator of the lot. To her, it is simply her professional obligation, not prestige, which drives her as she investigates what is beginning to look like a local mafia hit. More bodies show up in this historic seaport city?s creeks and Detective Jackson is determined to solve these cases before any additional bodies wash up, including those of her close friend and her family. But? Will she?