Living Witness — Jane Haddam

In every small town there is one person who always sparks controversy, and in Snow Hill, Pennsylvania, that person is Ann-Victoria Hadley. Now this 91-year-old spitfire is igniting a veritable powder keg -- when she sues the school board for adding "intelligent design" to its science curriculum. Suddenly the whole town is caught up in a heated debate. But things really explode when, just before the trial, someone attacks Ann-Victoria with a club...

It's not the first time Ann-Victoria has been attacked for her views. But it's the only time someone used a blunt object to do it. Now this rebel with a cause is lying in a coma, unable to identify her assailant. The local police chief is on the school board, so he's a suspect himself and can't investigate. That's when former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian steps into the fray -- and finds himself matching wits with dueling Darwinists, devout Christians, and one dangerous criminal who's ready to evolve...to committing murder.