The law failed her sister. She won’t let it fail again.
The system didn't fail. It was bought.
Dr. Erika Tsai speaks for the dead. As the city’s Chief Medical Examiner, she deals in cold, hard facts: the angle of the wound, the toxicology report, the silence of the morgue. She trusts the science. She trusts the law.
Until her sister ends up on her table.
The police call it an overdose. Erika knows it’s a lie. The toxicology confirms what she fears: her sister was murdered by Victor Reyes, the city’s most ruthless drug lord. But Reyes doesn't just sell drugs; he owns the precinct. Evidence disappears. Witnesses recant. And the case against him is dismissed before it even hits a courtroom.
Helpless and grieving, Erika is approached by Daniel Cole.
He isn’t a cop. He isn’t a lawyer. He’s a specialized instrument of justice who operates where the law cannot reach. He offers Erika a simple proposition: a retrial. But in Daniel’s court, there is no jury to bribe and no judge to intimidate. There is only the verdict.
To bring down a monster like Reyes, Erika must step out of the sterile safety of her lab and into the blood-soaked streets she usually only sees in autopsy photos. But as she crosses the line from witness to accomplice, she learns that the price of justice is paid in blood—and she might be the one footing the bill.
"No Appeal. No Mercy."
Genre: Mystery
The system didn't fail. It was bought.
Dr. Erika Tsai speaks for the dead. As the city’s Chief Medical Examiner, she deals in cold, hard facts: the angle of the wound, the toxicology report, the silence of the morgue. She trusts the science. She trusts the law.
Until her sister ends up on her table.
The police call it an overdose. Erika knows it’s a lie. The toxicology confirms what she fears: her sister was murdered by Victor Reyes, the city’s most ruthless drug lord. But Reyes doesn't just sell drugs; he owns the precinct. Evidence disappears. Witnesses recant. And the case against him is dismissed before it even hits a courtroom.
Helpless and grieving, Erika is approached by Daniel Cole.
He isn’t a cop. He isn’t a lawyer. He’s a specialized instrument of justice who operates where the law cannot reach. He offers Erika a simple proposition: a retrial. But in Daniel’s court, there is no jury to bribe and no judge to intimidate. There is only the verdict.
To bring down a monster like Reyes, Erika must step out of the sterile safety of her lab and into the blood-soaked streets she usually only sees in autopsy photos. But as she crosses the line from witness to accomplice, she learns that the price of justice is paid in blood—and she might be the one footing the bill.
"No Appeal. No Mercy."
Genre: Mystery
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