Imperfect Contract — Gregg E. Brickman

Driven from police work by the cold realities of the job -- getting shot can do that -- Sophia Burgess finds her place in nursing. She brought with her the qualities that made her a good cop -- fierce independence, inquiring mind, and edgy personality. Then the victim comes to her.Sophia's patient dies, but not from natural causes. She uses her clinical acumen as a nurse, her deductive skills as a former cop, and her police detective ex-fiancée to find the killer.