Libby Fischer Hellmann's thriller TOXICITY is as gritty as it is spellbinding. Populated with fully-realized characters, TOXICITY introduces us to Hellmann's signature heroine, Georgia Davis. But we meet Georgia ten years earlier, when she is a young and determined rookie on a Chicago police force. In Georgia's debut, we see her tenacity and strength, but also her vulnerability: the seeds sown for the woman she will become. TOXICITY works on all levels, drawing the reader inexorably into a web of deceit, heart-crushing loss, and righteous fury. This wicked brew explodes in a stunning and satisfying conclusion that answers every question. Hellmann pulls no punches.
J. Carson Black, best-selling author of THE SHOP and DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
"Georgia Davis PI series (Easy Innocence and Doubleback ), and anybody that loves police procedurals written tautly, with grit and a healthy dose of noir will love this one...her Georgia Davis series may just be one of the best crime thriller series being written today."
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
'Lovers of Hellmann's novel, 'Easy Innocence', will enjoy learning how heroine Georgia Davis survived her Chicago cop rookiehood.'
Chicago Tribune
TOXICITY was honored with the Lovey Award for Best Suspense Novel-- 2011 at the Love is Murder Conference in February, 2012.
Ten years ago, PI Georgia Davis was a police officer in a Chicago suburb. When three bodies turn up in quick successionall of them dumped in waste disposal dumpsters or landfills, the investigations into the murders test the mettle of the police force. They also test Georgia's relationship with one of the detectives. This dark crime thriller is a prequel to EASY INNOCENCE and DOUBLEBACK.Ten years ago, PI Georgia Davis was a police officer in a Chicago suburb. When three bodies turn up in quick successionall of them dumped in waste disposal dumpsters or landfills, the investigations into the murders test the mettle of the police force. They also test Georgia's relationship with one of the detectives. This dark crime thriller is a prequel to EASY INNOCENCE and DOUBLEBACK.