Darkest Hour (Paperback)

Lucinda Walsh lost her husband and parents at sea. When she discovers the body of her boss, his A-List society fiancee accuses Lucinda of murder. She struggles on shielding her five-year-old son, her feisty grandfather and arthritic grandmother from the ugliness of her situation. She mistrusts the dapper ME, thinking he's a ladies' man, but soon realizes he may be the only one in her corner.
Hank Jansen, the county ME who's had his share of pain and loss, doesn't know if this little widow was in on the murder, but he knows by the trajectory of the bullet she's too short to have pulled the trigger. His professional opinion ignored, he begins his own investigation and at least one cop accuses him of an ethics violation. A huge problem is there's a leak inside his investigation and the murderer is always one step ahead of him.