The Heat of Lies — Jonathan Stone

Police lieutenant Julian Palmer is baffled by her latest case. She's tracking the killer of a respected family man--the last person anyone would want dead. Haunted by painful childhood memories of her own father's unsolved murder, Julian is determined not to let another killer go unpunished, and she will do whatever it takes to see justice served this time around, even if it means jeopardizing her career--and her life...

With no suspects, the only remote clue she has to the identity of the killer is a mysterious, exotic flower left at the victim's funeral. Desperate for answers, Julian turns to the one person she fears most, former police chief Winston the Bear" Edwards. Once her brilliant mentor, he was the first man Julian arrested for murder-- and the same man who tried to kill her.