A deadly secret. A groundbreaking discovery. A cold-blooded slaying. London. Young scientist Rita Sidhu is on the brink of something beautiful. A rising star in the field of genetics, she's involved with a massive breakthrough in heart-disease care. But tragedy threatens her bright future when she becomes a suspect in her boyfriend's gruesome murder. DCI Terence Varcy still mourns the loss of his wife and child. But the grieving policeman never expected working the case of a medical genius's murdered sweetheart would expose a string of vicious killings. And when the woman's boss disappears and the body count rises, the methodical investigator won't rest until he avenges their deaths. Desperately playing detective as loved ones drop around her, Rita is terrified when she's pulled into a killer's twisted web. And Varcy is running out of time to track down a brutal killer with one more scientist in their sights... Can Varcy save Rita before she suffers her partner's grisly fate? Dead Innocent is the shocking second book in the Varcy and Kendrick crime thriller series. If you like complex mysteries, relentless cops, and cutting-edge science, then you'll love Steve Davison's chilling whodunit. Buy Dead Innocent to keep the vital signs alive today!