Publisher's Synopsis
After eight long months in disgrace, suffering the political fallout from her last murder investigation, Detective Lena Gamble is finally given a real case. But the victim is a young woman, her naked body gruesomely chopped into pieces and found in a dumpster in Hollywood, ensuring the closest media attention for Lena's every move. Working with her colleague, Stan Rhodes, Lena finds that the girl is Jennifer McBride, a twenty-five-year-old prostitute with connections to a rich and famous paediatrician. In a city overrun with corruption, Lena discovers something startling about Jennifer McBride's identity. As dead bodies begin turning up all over Los Angeles, Lena understands that the killer is cleaning house, but why? And will Lena survive long enough to find the shocking answer?