Congressional chief of staff Dave O'Brien is salivating at the prospects for advancement in the wake of a tragic plane crash that has opened the way for his boss, Congressman Noah Sebring, to take over the powerful chair of the House Appropriations Committee. But Dave has a problem: he's received a threatening e-mail accompanied by a photo of a young intern, bound and gagged. The missing girl's father, unhappy with Dave's explanations about his daughter's whereabouts, hires a reporter, Nick DaPrato, to go to Washington and "shake things up." DaPrato has his own credibility issues, since his...

A cold-blooded killer is murdering transplant patients at Philadelphia's Strickland Memorial Hospital while the biggest snow storm of the century strands medical personnel and strains their ability to deal with the crisis. Philadelphia-based private detective Brad Frame and his assistant Sharon Porter lock horns with the hospital's security chief while the administrator seems more interested in positive PR than the safety of her patients.

Brad is invited to the execution by lethal injection of Frank Wilkie, one of two men responsible for the death of his mother and sister. Afterward the prison chaplain thrusts the condemned man's Bible into his hands. Within hours another man is anxious to get his hands on Wilkie's Bible, and Brad suspects the motivation could involve the still-missing ransom money from the kidnapping. Brad's world is once again turned upside down as he and Sharon unravel an eleven-year-old mystery. This is the first novel in the Brad Frame Mystery Series.

Brad Frame is hoping for a relaxing vacation with his girlfriend, Beth Montgomery, on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina. But when Amanda Carothers learns that the Philadelphia-based detective is in the area she begs him to investigate the four-year-old death of her son, Dana. The death was ruled a suicide, but she suspects foul play. Reluctantly, Brad agrees to look at the circumstances of her son's death. Initially, it looks like the young man took his own life, but when people start interfering with his investigation Brad digs a little deeper.

Rachel Tetlow asks Brad Frame to investigate the unsolved murder of her father, who served on a jury in a racketeering case against a Philadelphia-area drug kingpin. Her father's death resulted in a mistrial. As his investigation in the Tetlow case gets underway, Frame is summoned to jury duty on a sensational local murder that appears to have captured everyone's attention except his.

Brad Frame seeks the assistance of his friend and mentor, Nick Argostino, in locating a missing person, only to discover that Nick is facing his own troubles. He's been suspended from the Philadelphia police force and accused of assaulting a fellow officer. It is an accusation that could end his career. Nick claims he was set up, which sends Brad and his associate, Sharon Porter, on a hunt for the truth. At the same time, Brad learns that the missing person he seeks is dead, and has been found already embalmed.

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