Genesis Beach: A Logan Hunter Mystery

I craned my head around the corner and pulled back again. There was someone there. I inhaled deeply and swung my body around into the room, coming face-to-face with my own image in the mirror. The hair on my body bristled ?When the lifeless body of millionaire Rick Teater is discovered, no one suspects he was beaten to death with a sock, least of all inexperienced Logan Hunter, an intern for the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. But the high-profile crime scene'and the need to prove herself'propel her to embark on a quest for justice. During the investigation, she befriends Pepper Ellis, the victim's chef, and the two form an emotional attachment, something Logan does not expect.After several intense searches, complicated by a hurricane and a recurring nightmare, Logan finds the body of her prime suspect, Lincoln Tumu. Her investigation comes to a frustrating standstill. Trying to cope with demons of her own, Logan begins to unravel the tightly woven plan that implicated Tumu and discovers she pursued the wrong person from the beginning. Now she suspects the one she counted on for guidance has been deceiving her all along.Visit the author's website at www.swhitfield.comWhitfield, Susan is the author of 'Genesis Beach: A Logan Hunter Mystery', published 2007 under ISBN 9780595417865 and ISBN 0595417868.