I just submitted The Last Witness, by Jilliane Hoffman. This is the sequel to her last book, Retribution, which I also enjoyed. It's already been pretty well prevalidated, though it could probably use a little more looking over. In case anyone is interested, I have pasted the book jacket below. Tiff With Retribution, Jilliane Hoffman, a former Assistant State Attorney, delivered a magnificent first suspense novel, "with twists and turns of the highest order and an ending that is downright breathtaking" (Booklist). Published in twenty countries, it was a major international bestseller. Now an even more thrilling novel picks up where Hoffman's first book left off, sure to confirm her reputation as a star. Cops are dying. Hunted down while on patrol, they are being murdered, the brutal crime scenes deliberately staged, the possible signature of a serial killer. Dominick Falconetti, a Special Agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, is charged with heading a task force to investigate. Details at the crime scenes point to a possible drug connection, and when a highly placed gang member disappears, it reinforces Dominick's suspicions that the victims were all involved in something unsavory. C.J. Townsend, the state prosecutor he has loved for the past three years- ever since they met on the infamous Cupid investigation-is getting the calls in the middle of the night as well. As the Assistant State Attorney who put Florida's last serial killer behind bars, she's the logical choice to help stop this one. But before long, CJ. begins to suspect that there may be another reason why cops are being viciously murdered. Only she can't tell. Because the explosive secret she possesses can never be revealed, lest a madman go free.... A tense, gripping crime drama set against the richly detailed background of the Miami legal system and police departments, Last Witness is an extraordinary novel.