A Woman to Blame

Hours after a thoroughbred racehorse collapses and dies after finishing last in a race he was favored to win, his trainer—a young woman with a promising career—is found dead on a suburban Chicago beach. To the police, it's a simple case of murder-suicide. But Mike Hegan, veteran police detective, refuses to believe the official story. Instead of retiring like they want him to, he embarks upon a search for the truth, and finds himself on a Caribbean island where scores are settled—and lives are lost.Fans of James Patterson and other crime fiction writers will find a new hero in Mike Hegan—a detective who defies convention to make sure that justice is served.

Vincent Panettiere is the author of three other books: the award-winning and critically acclaimed novel These Thy Gifts; The Scopas Factor, another Mike Hegan mystery; as well as The Internet Financing Illusion, a look at the dark side of the Internet. To find out more visit www.vincentpanettiere.com.