Mark Grant

Five women, none local and all unknown, have ended up brutally raped, murdered and on the cold steel of the embalming table at the local morgue. Dead-end investigations by the local sheriff's department force the state to send veteran detective Steve McCormack, who, along with rookie Jamie Garrett, fight a battle against time.

An eleven-year-old boy finds a way of overcoming life's obstacles with the help of a grumpy coach who aids him in having the best summer of his life.