FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers's cutting-edge 21st-century geospatial investigative techniques and impeccable logic have helped him track some of the country's most grisly killers. But those skills are pushed to the limit in this new installment of the highly-acclaimed, award-winning The Bowers Files series. This time it's a congressman's daughter who is found dead even as her killers launch a spree of perfect murders in the Northeast. With nothing to link the crimes to each other, Agent Bowers faces his most difficult case yet--even as his personal life begins to crumble around him. Known for his intricately woven, masterfully plotted novels of high-octane action and spine-tingling suspense, Steven James delivers once again. The Bishop is a gripping, adrenaline-laced story for readers who are tired of timid thrillers. Strap on your seatbelt and get ready for a wild ride. The game is on. "Impossible to put down." --Kathleen Antrim, bestselling author, Capital Offense "The nail-biting suspense will rivet you." --RT Book Reviews, 4.5 stars, top pick "Breakneck speed doesn't even begin to describe the pace of The Bishop . Absolutely brilliant." --Jeff Buick, bestselling author of Bloodline While I was writing  the Bishop , I was able to tour the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA. So all of the information about the inside of the academy is as accurate as I was able to be without giving any inside information away. When I began the book, I wanted to have the entire story take place over the course of 52 hours. However, as I worked on it, I realized that this wouldn't allow me to build up the suspense I wanted to throughout the story. While writing the climax, I abandoned a rudimentary outline that I had started and wrote it organically, solidifying in my mind the realization that outlining was not for me and would end up wasting my time. I didn't know who the bishop would be until I was completing the final chapters of the book. The game is on. FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers's cutting-edge skills are about to be pushed to the limit. When a young woman is found brutally murdered in Washington DC, her killers continue a spree of perfect crimes in the Northeast. But with nothing to link them to each other, Agent Bowers faces his most difficult case yet--even as his personal life begins to crumble around him. The Bishop is a gripping, adrenaline-laced story for readers who are tired of timid thrillers. Strap on your seat belt and get ready for a wild ride. What everybody is talking about "Be warned--James's books are not for the timid."--Mitch Galin, producer, Stephen King's The Stand "Impossible to put down."--Kathleen Antrim, bestselling author, Capital Offense "An intense, intelligent thriller. . . . Riveting!"--Karen Dionne, International Thriller Writers website chair "James tells stories that grab you by the collar and don't let go."--Norb Vonnegut, author, Top Producer "Absolutely brilliant."--Jeff Buick, bestselling author, Bloodline "As thrilling and unexpected as any five-star action movie."--John Tinker, Emmy-award-winning writer Critically acclaimed author Steven James has written more than twenty books, including the bestselling thriller series The Bowers Files. One of the nation's most innovative storytellers, Steven developed his skill as a performer at East Tennessee State University (MA in storytelling). He lives in Tennessee with his wife and three daughters. Critically acclaimed author Steven James has written more than thirty books, including Placebo , Singularity , and the bestselling Bowers Files thriller series. He is a contributing editor to Writer's Digest . Steven lives in Tennessee with his wife and three daughters. THE BISHOP By STEVEN JAMES Revell Copyright © 2010 Steven James All right reserved. ISBN: 978-0-8007-3302-5 Chapter One Two weeks later Saturday, May 31 St. Ambrose Church Chicago, Illinois 6:36 p.m. Dr. Calvin Werjonic's body lay grim and still in a lonely casket at the front of the church. I stood in line, nine people away from him, waiting for my chance to pay my last respects to my friend. The air in the church tasted of dust and dead hymns. Having spent six years as a homicide detective and the last nine as an FBI criminologist, I've investigated hundreds of homicides, but I've never been able to look at corpses with clinical objectivity. Every time I see one, I think of the fragility of life. The thin line that separates the living from the dead-the flux of a moment, the breadth of eternity contained in the single delicate beat of a heart. And I remember the times I've had to tell family members that we'd found their loved ones, but that "their condition had proved to be fatal," that "we'd arrived too late to save them," or that "we'd done all we could but they didn't make it." Carefully worded platitudes to dull the blow. Platitudes that don't work. On all too many prime-time crime shows when in