The difference between murder, accident, or suicide is sometimes indistinguishable.
Ex-cop John Jordan, now a prison chaplain in the Florida Panhandle, witnesses the bloody death of Potter Correctional Institution inmate Ike Johnson. But what exactly did he witness? Murder, accident, or suicide? Jordan discovers that in the closed society of captives and captors no act goes unseen, and no one takes kindly to a cop in a collar. He soon finds his reputation, his career, and even his life are at stake.
20th Anniversary Edition Supplemental Content:
Introduction from Michael Lister
Essay by Michael Connelly
Articles from Aaron Bearden, Enrique Fernández, J. M. LeDuc, and Lynn Wallace