Carter Ross mysteries

Investigative reporter Carter Ross is aided by his colleagues while he searches for the truth behind the deaths of four seemingly unconnected individuals--an exotic dancer, a drug dealer, a hustler, and a mama's boy--when their bodies are found together in a vacant lot.

"Reading his own paper's obituaries, Carter Ross comes across a woman who died in a hit-and-run while she was actually on the job delivering copies of that very paper ... Struck by the opportunity to write a heroic piece about an everyday woman killed too young, he heads to her wake to gather tributes and anecdotes. It's the last place Carter expe expects to find controversy."--Provided by publisher.

"When he hears residents of a Newark neighborhood are getting sick--and even dying--from a strange disease, investigative reporter Carter Ross dives into the story--so deep he comes down with the illness himself. With even more motivation to track down the source of the disease, Carter soon hits upon a nearby construction site. But when the project's developer is found dead, and his mob ties surface, Carter knows he's looking at a story much bigger--and...