The death of a beautiful escort in a downtown hotel room appears to be a case of autoerotic asphyxiation gone wrong. But when a woman brings her young daughter to the police department with a strange story about a similar death six years before, Homicide Detective John Santana is drawn into a dangerous world of drugs, sex, and deceit, and toward a secret that lies buried in the past; a secret that could not only destroy the lives of some well-connected and powerful men, but one that raises questions about the very meaning of life and death––and the boundary between the living and the dead. ". . . The tightly wound story moves at a fast pace, with each chapter ending on a cliffhanger so that the audience will want to keep reading . . . this novel represents a gripping offering from an award-winning author." -Foreword Reviews ". . . Wow! . . . Death's Way keeps you glued to the book till the end . . . Kudos to Christopher Valen for having come up with a character like John Santana. The plot is like a potboiler that throws surprises at the reader and comes to a logical conclusion with facts that support the story." --Reader's Favorite Christopher Valen is the award-winning author of seven police procedurals featuring Colombian-born, St. Paul Homicide Detective John Santana, White Tombs , The Black Minute , Bad Weeds Never Die , Bone Shadows , Death’s Way , The Darkness Hunter , and Speak For The Dead . He is also the author of the literary novel All The Fields. Christopher resides in Minnesota and Arizona with his Colombian-born wife, Martha.