Two New Orleans investigators are up against an inhuman killer in this "sleek, fast-moving" mystery (Kirkus Reviews).

When criminal psychologist Kit Franklyn goes to meet an anonymous admirer, the date ends before it begins—as the man drops dead at her feet. Now, yet again, her evening's companion is her bulky boss, chief medical examiner Andy Broussard.

Broussard deduces that the man died carrying a lethal pathogen comparable to the Ebola virus. And when another body is found with the same infection, the threat of a pandemic becomes all too real. But while the danger to the public must be contained, the threat is far more personal than Broussard or Franklyn realize. Because the carrier's still out there—and he's looking for Broussard.

"Entertains even as the gruesome death count mounts. . . . Against the humid, wild and funky Crescent City setting, Donaldson delivers some genuinely heart-stopping suspense." —Publishers Weekly