Outskirts Press, INC.

A modern, character-driven murder mystery set in the heart of the biotech industry in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during the Covid-19 pandemic

Police Detectives Danny Quinn and Joy Seiden are called to investigate the death of Dr. Arthur Rosen, a geneticist who worked for DNA Therapeutics—a biotech company on the cutting edge of CRISPR technology, which is used to find cures for diseases through gene editing. At the time of Dr. Rosen’s death, the company is waiting for approval to start their human clinical trial designed to treat ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. William Martindale, a wealthy entrepreneur, has the hereditary form of ALS. His only chance to avoid the ravages of the disease is to get into the upcoming DNA Therapeutics clinical trial. The investigators are led through a web of legal and biotechnical intrigue against the backdrop of the pandemic and political unrest not only in the US but globally as well. By digging deep into the case and recruiting the assistance of the FBI and an unlikely private investigator, Detectives Quinn and Seiden believe they have finally found justice for Dr. Rosen’s death. But the outcome of their efforts is not at all what they expected…