No Darkness as like Death

Few in San Francisco were troubled by the news that Ambrose Shaw had been found dead at a local health institutethe prominent banker had recently turned to politics and was reviled by many for his incendiary views. But when Celia Davies learns that his death is considered suspicious by the police and that a damning piece of evidence points to a patient of hers as the culprit, she feels compelled to prove the woman's innocence.

Teaming up with Detective Nick Greaves, Celia soon discovers there's no shortage of suspects, including the victim's many political enemies, his disaffected stepson, who may have been too eager to receive his inheritance, and even the dead man's fellow patients at the institute, whose founder promises miracle water cures but has been covering up numerous burglaries of his well-to-do clients.

As Celia and Nick struggle with their feelings for each other as well as the many murky aspects of the case, they'll have to navigate an endless...