From a Dark Place

About the Book

The killings began in May when the body of a young teacher was discovered in the bedroom of her historic Society Hill home of Philadelphia. The second victim was found seven days later. The number of victims grew incrementally during the uncomfortably wet and humid Spring and Summer. Each of the victims surgically mutilated by a madman possessing the skills of a surgeon. In a city renowned for its medical institutions and thousands of medically-trained professionals, one among them was a killer. For Captain Leo Gromski, of the Special Homicide Unit the pursuit of a phantom leads to the most shocking revelation a persistent investigator could conceptualize. The identity of the killer leads Gromski down the path to the Roach Motel of conspiracies: its tentacles stretching from Philadelphia’s City Hall to the United State’s State Department.

About the Author

Baltimore native, Lee Back is a former pediatric psychologist specializing in the care and treatment of chronically and terminally ill children and their families. This work is the second in a series, a third is currently being written. He and his wife Mary, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, reside in a Philadelphia suburb.