Nightshade

<p><b>PRE-ORDER THE NEW THRILLER FROM MILLION COPY <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER MICHAEL CONNELLY</b><br><br>Los Angeles County Sheriff''s Detective Stilwell has been "exiled" to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. <br><br>But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found wrapped in plastic and weighed down at the bottom of the harbor. Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, he starts doggedly working the case. <br><br>Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city.<br><br>****<br><br><b>CRIME DOESN''T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:</b><br><br>''The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation''<br><b>IAN RANKIN</b><br><br>''The best mystery writer in the world''<br><b><i>GQ</i><