This is my first by David Hosp and it will not be my last. Even though I found his writing sometimes melodramatic, it did not get in the way of a stelar story. It's a great plot and well told even with the underestimating of his readers. ( )

good DC. Mystery — killing, 2 different cops — wealth — drugs, study of people w/ virus at Virginia Institute.

In the breathtaking follow-up to his smash debut "Dark Harbor," Hosp is back with the story of two detectives and the independent young woman who will risk everything to find her sisters killer.

This book is quite good, ok story likeable characters,
Washington DC policeman Jack Cassian is investigating the death of a young woman called Elizabeth a journalist,he with his Sargeant Darius Train.
The murdered womans sister Sydney does her own investigating aswell. There are a few false trails. Sydneys mother is a ruthless woman. Things go bad to worse for Sydney she is attacked, Jack rescues her. It turns out Elizabeth was investigating testing on people, one of her familys oldest freind was behind the murder and hired a hitman to kill her and the investigation. Sydneys mother is also killed.
Jack and Sydney get together in the end. ( )

When Sydney Chaplin left D.C. nine years ago for college, she vowed never to return. But when her sister is found brutally murdered, she finds herself drawn once again into the shadowy web of her wealthy, powerful family. Joined by Washington detectives Jack Cassian and Darius Train, and driven by her need to know the truth about her sisters death, Sydney will risk everythingher life and her familys futureto find the answers. From the gritty streets and crack dens of the Districts inner city, to the posh country clubs and gilded offices of the nations political elite, Sydney, Cassian, and Train must slip deep into a labyrinth of money, power, and deceit to uncover a decades-old conspiracy that could rock the nation. ( )

In Washington, D.C., Sydney Chapin learns that her sister, a journalist, has been murdered. There are marks of torture indicating that the killer was after information.

Detective Sergeant Darius Train and Det. Jack Cassain are assigned to the case.

Sydney had borrowed her sister's laptop computer and traces her sister's last searches. She learns that her sister was doing a story about a mental institution for children and the abuses that occurred there prior to the 1960's

In a well plotted story with appealing and believable characters, the reader's interest is established in finding out how the story develops.

What was Sydney's sister doing that caused her death?
Could the police fight through the political implications to find a killer among the wealthy and influential in Washington, D.C.?
What were the risks that Sydney would be taking in attemptint to find the killer before the killer found her?

Sydney and Cassain work together and find a mutual attraction. The story was enjoyable. ( )