Restless Spirit — S.D. Tooley

Nearly two decades ago, sixteen-year-old Catherine DeMarco took a scandalous secret to her grave -- a secret that only now has come under the unorthodox scrutiny of Sergeant Samantha Casey, currently on suspension from the force. The teenager's boyfriend was convicted of the crime and his execution date is approaching, unless Sam can nail the true killer before the wrong man dies.

She needs the help of the detective who worked the gruesome crime scene, a man in a downward personal spiral who unwillingly finds himself drawn back into a case too neatly and expeditiously "solved." Sam is convinced the key is Catherine herself, and the double life she led as a devout good girl by day and beautiful temptress by night. But the closer Sam gets to the deception at the heart of the crime, the more she understands the true motive behind the killing -- and how a killer plans to get away with murder.