Black water
By: T. Jefferson Parker.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Police -- California -- Orange County -- Fiction; Policewomen -- Fiction; Orange County (Calif.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "A beautiful young woman is dead in the bathroom of her home. Her husband - a promising young cop named Archie Wildcraft - is shot in the head, but still alive. It looks like an attempted murder/suicide, but something tells Detective Merci Rayborn that there's more to the story.".

"When the suspect vanishes from his hospital bed, he draws Merci into a manhunt that leaves the entire department questioning her abilities and her judgment. Is Archie's flight the act of a ruined mind, or a faithful heart? Is his account of the night his wife was murdered half-formed memory, or careful manipulation? Merci and Wildcraft head for a collision in a dizzying succession of cryptic clues, dangerous secrets, and painful truths."--BOOK JACKET.