Death's Footprint — Donna Warner; Gloria Ferris

What's your life worth? If the price isn't right….you die! They call him Dr. Death. Not a surprise. Lucas Stride's Death's Reality course lectures promote humanitarian actions since we never know when the Grim Reaper will come for us. Before the professor's lecture at the Quebec City morgue, he receives a threat, insisting he assign a cash value to his life. If the note's author isn't satisfied with the amount, Lucas dies. While Lucas struggles to comply with the extortion demand, Toronto cop, Jordan Blair, arrives for a tryst with private investigator, Darcy Piermont. Sightseeing, fine dining, and blissful hours in Darcy's bed are on her wish list. Her plans are derailed after Darcy is asked to locate a family friend missing since the morgue tour with his class. In their search for the professor, Jordan and Darcy uncover a series of crimes that conclude with the reality of -- death. DEATH'S FOOTPRINT is the second novella in the Blair and Piermont crime thriller series, placed in Quebec City. Book one, TARGETED, is Jordan and Darcy's Caribbean adventures. Both are fast-paced, stand-alone reads.