Homicide detective Lt. Kristina (Kristy) Maxwell investigates the murder of an influential, well-liked local businessman. Howard Kirlian Berne, a prominent builder, was being groomed to replace Edward Carey, one of Garry's two representatives in Washington State's bicameral government. A charismatic man with a chequered family history, he is found lying dead in his garage by his wife, Cara, whose behaviour after the discovery immediately makes her the prime suspect for the initial responding officer, the sexist, homophobe Sgt. Bryan Johnson. Kristy must unearth the truth about Berne's murder,...

Women are being murdered with ruthless efficiency by a killer who leaves no clues as to who he might be. Kristy Maxwell whose team of investigators are hindered by a senior officer with political ambitions, must find the killer before anyone else dies. In the meantime, her cheating lover becomes a rape victim, while one of her best friends is pestered by someone who is also stalking her. When another murder victim is found near the large estate where Kristy and a number of other women live, she must face the increasing likelihood that the killer is operating much closer to her home than she...

Elvira Scala, the new chief of police in Chicago, walked into a department which after years of good policing, is inexplicably unable to solve its growing levels of crime. Worried about poor clear-up rates and the increasing numbers of unexplained murders, she invites homicide detective Lt. Kristina Maxwell to Chicago on a six month secondment. It is an invitation that Kristy's own Chief accepts with alacrity, as recent newspaper revelations about Kristy's sexuality, makes life temporarily more difficult for her. In Chicago, Kristy joins forces with Elvira and her boss, the aging but...