Donald Bain continues the beloved Capital Crimes series with Margaret Trumans Deadly Medicine, a gripping tale of greed, betrayaland murder.

If someone in the pharmaceutical industry came upon a cheaper, non-addictive, and more effective painkiller, would he kill for it? Washington, D.C., private detective Robert Brixton discovers the answer is a resounding Yes, as he helps Jayla King, a medical researcher at a small D.C. pharmaceutical firm, carry on the work of her father. Dr. Preston Kings experiments in the jungles of Papua New Guinea and the discoveries he made led to his brutal murder and the theft of his papers.

Did her fathers lab assistant kill the doctor and steal his research? Is this shadowy figure prepared to kill again to keep Jayla from profiting from her fathers work? Does her recent paramours romantic interest reflect his true feelingsor will he sell her out and reap the rewards for himself? And to what lengths would Big Pharmas leading lobbyist go to cover up his involvement with Kings death . . . and to protect a leading champion of the pharmaceutical industry, a Georgia senator with a shady past?

No pill can ease the pain that the answers to these questions will inflict.