ToxiCity

Libby Fischer Hellmann's thriller TOXICITY is as gritty as it is spellbinding. Populated with fully-realized characters, TOXICITY introduces us to Hellmann's signature heroine, Georgia Davis. But we meet Georgia ten years earlier, when she is a young and determined rookie on a Chicago police force. In Georgia's debut, we see her tenacity and strength, but also her vulnerability: the seeds sown for the woman she will become. TOXICITY works on all levels, drawing the reader inexorably into a web of deceit, heart-crushing loss, and righteous fury. This wicked brew explodes in a stunning and satisfying conclusion that answers every question. Hellmann pulls no punches. --J. Carson Black, best-selling author of THE SHOP and DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN Ten years before EASY INNOCENCE, PI Georgia Davis was a police officer on the force in a Chicago suburb. And while homicides are rare on the North Shore, three bodies turn up in quick succession--all of them dumped in waste disposal dumpsters or landfills. The investigations into the murders test the mettle and professionalism of a combined police task force. Along the way, they also test the strength of Georgia's relationship with one of the detectives working the case. While Georgia, her detective boyfriend Matt, and his sometime partner John Stone pit their skills against those of an inventive killer, the daughter of a real estate mogul-- who just happens to have her eye on Matt -- complicates matters. A dark police procedural and thriller, TOXICITY is a prequel to the Georgia Davis PI series (EASY INNOCENCE and DOUBLEBACK). A Prequel to Libby Fischer Hellman’s Georgia Davis seriesToxiCity is set ten years earlier when Georgia Davis was a cop on a suburban police force.After three bodies turn up in rapid succession, all in landfills or waste disposal dumpsters, rookie cop Georgia Davis is drawn into the investigation. With no wounds on the bodies, the murder seems to be the result of poison.Helping her detective boyfriend Matt and his partner Detective Sergeant John Stone, Georgia wants to work out who’s responsible for the killings, but there’s little evidence to go on. The stress takes a toll on Georgia's relationship with Matt strained, as he casts his eyes on another woman.Georgia comes up with a theory about the poisonings, but the two male detectives dismiss it until the perpetrator closes in on them with the same substance. Will the two detectives survive this inventive killer? And what about Georgia?