En cours de chargement...
Wounded in the line of duty, NYPD homicide detective John Corey is convalescing in the Long Island township of Southold when Tom and Judy Gordon are found dead on their patio. Corey knew the young, attractive couple, and Sylvester Maxwell, the local police chief, wants his big-city expertise. Maxwell, however, gets more than he bargained for. The early signs point too burglary gone wrong, but because the Cordons were biologists at Plum Island, the off-shore animal disease research site rumoured to be involved in germ warfare, it isn't long before the media are suggesting that the dead couple stole something very deadly.
John Corey's investigations lead him into the lore, legends and ancient secrets of northern Long Island. But they are secrets more dangerous than he could ever have imagined - and he becomes trapped in a crime with global implications...
