Adult family fiction and crime novel. The protagonist is a Police Sgt. However, she is also a black female, which makes success doubly hard to come by. It is a family saga, because she is on the verge of losing her husband and two children. A huge serial killer case has fallen into her lap, and she must forsake time with her family, but if she solves it, she will at last get the recognition she so richly deserves. What a dilemma! On a fluke and twist at the end, she is able to turn some heads.