**Deputy coroner Clay Edison goes to extreme lengths for a forgotten
Jane Doe in the new thriller from a father-son team of bestselling
authors who write "brilliant, page-turning fiction" (Stephen King).
**
"As for the keen sense of drama, it must be a genetic trait. . . . The
Kellermans show compassion for the survivors, including conscientious
officials like Edison."--The New York Times Book Review
Former star basketball player Clay Edison is busy. He's solved a
decades-old crime and redeemed an innocent man, earning himself a
suspension in the process. Things are getting serious with his
girlfriend. Plus his brother's fresh out of prison, bringing with him a
whole new set of complications.
Then the phone rings in the dead of night.
A wild party in a gentrifying East Bay neighborhood. A heated argument
that spills into the street. Gunshots. Chaos.
For Clay and his fellow coroners, it's the start of a long night and the
first of many to come. The victims keep piling up. What begins as a
community tragedy soon becomes lurid fodder for social media.
Then the smoke clears and the real mystery emerges--one victim's death
doesn't match the others. Brutalized and abandoned, stripped of ID, and
left to die: She is Jane Doe, a human question mark. And it falls to
Clay to give her a name and a voice.
Haunted by the cruelty of her death, he embarks upon a journey into the
bizarre, entering a hidden world where innocence and perversity meet and
mingle. There, his relentless pursuit of the truth opens the gateway to
a dark and baffling past--and brings him right into the line of fire.
**Praise for *A Measure of Darkness
"Edison is an interesting protagonist, a good man for whom finding the
truth is more important than anything else, including his own safety.
He's gentle and strong, compassionate and ruthless, methodical and
impulsive. A strong sequel to Crime Scene that will leave readers
wanting to see more of Edison."--Booklist
