C.J. Lyons
â€œThereâ€™s an oath doctors take,â€ Detective Mickey Drake said.,â€œPrimum non nocere,â€ the shrink supplied. â€œFirst do no harm.â€,***,Two months ago Dr. Cassandra Hart was forced to kill a man. The man who murdered her best friend, almost killed Drake and seriously wounded her. Now sheâ€™s back at work in her Pittsburgh ER, but nothing seems the same.,When she fears that a young boy is being abused by his â€œperfectâ€ mother, her friends and colleagues worry that sheâ€™s returned to work too soon, imagining dangers that donâ€™t exist. Others accuse her of trying to cover up her own alleged mistakes in the boyâ€™s treatment by making a false report of abuse.,Drakeâ€™s facing problems of his own, trying to cope with the aftermath of the night two months ago when his passion for Cassie led to a confrontation with a killer. Heâ€™s on desk duty, reviewing cold cases, and delves into the homicide case that killed his father seven years ago. But after so long, what good can he do, a cop without a gun?,The stakes escalate when Cassie is almost killed and Drake finds evidence that the killer his father was tracking might be planning to strike againâ€“this time targeting a young boy.,With the lives of two children at stake, how can they walk away?
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Sleight of Hand