Long Shadows

When Amos Decker is called to South Florida to investigate a double murder, the case seems simple. A federal judge and her bodyguard are found dead in her home. Before her death, a blindfold with crudely made eye holes was placed on the woman – a clear hint that over the years spent in the courtroom, she judged with bias. Revenge by one of the wrongfully convicted? But almost immediately, Decker realizes: the case is much more complicated than it seems. Why were the judge and her bodyguard killed in completely different ways and in different parts of the house? Why was the security provided by an employee of a private company and not a federal marshal? Why did the killer stuff banknotes from a distant European country down his throat? Meanwhile, Decker himself has entered a rough patch. His superiors, unhappy with Amos's independent nature, have assigned him a new partner. And furthermore, a recent tragedy has brought Decker's memory back to a past he desperately wants to forget – but can't. His psyche begins to falter. And Decker has no room for error: he has taken on too dangerous a case…