Title: Black water /
Authors: Parker, T. Jefferson.
Publisher: Hyperion,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Police California Orange County Fiction.; Policewomen Fiction; Murder Investigation California Orange County Fiction.; Orange County (Calif.) Fiction.
Abstract: Tim Hess is a semi-retired veteran cop staring at a death sentence -- his own. In the throes of a losing battle with throat cancer, his time is literally running out. He accepts a job tracking down a killer who's been abducting young women from Orange County. Merci Rayborn has a a reputation for causing trouble and isn't particularly popular with her peers or her superiors. Hess isn't thrilled about taking orders from this difficult but smart woman -- and he certainly didn't plan on falling for her.