Steve Nastos Mystery

He may have been cleared of murder charges, but that doesn't mean Steve Nastos's troubles are over. Some of his former colleagues on the force still think he belongs in prison, and his wife wants him to finally free himself from the darkness that has been fueling his law enforcement career-and his life. But he's made a promise to a stranger: to find Lindsay Bannerman, a troubled teenager who has gone missing from her wealthy adoptive home. Teaming up with his similarly disgraced lawyer, he is about to unravel a tale of sadistic abuse and follow a trail littered with lies, deceptions, and lifeless bodies…

Whether it's cops or criminals, every organization has its filthy few . . . No longer on the force, Karen Grant is now working as a journalist-and one of her two sources has just been murdered in what police have written off as a drug deal gone bad. When Grant and a witness become hunted themselves, she can think of only one person to turn to: her ex-partner, disgraced Toronto detective Steve Nastos. With help from his friend, lawyer Kevin Carscadden, Nastos is about to confront two ambitious rookie cops and some nasty outlaw bikers who have one thing in common: they'll do anything to serve their own interests.

Until recently, Steve Nastos was a respected Toronto detective, part of the Sexual Assault Unit. Now he's in custody-accused of killing his young daughter's dentist after learning of the man's unspeakable crimes against children. Freed on bail, he has one hope: to track down the actual killer, in a town where laws are seen more as guidelines and law enforcement agents adhere to their own moral relativism. Handicapped by a recovering alcoholic lawyer, a rogue cop, and a two-faced judge, Nastos has the cards stacked against him. Then his estranged but still beloved wife inadvertently becomes involved in the case, and the stakes become even higher. He has to protect his family-but first he has to save himself...