Saving Grace

"A young woman in a nurse’s uniform is found dead with a newspaper from eight days ago stuffed into her mouth. It turns out she was a reporter working on a story about call girls who wear costumes for their clients. But that’s only the tip of the iceberg for what Grace will discover in the case. Meanwhile, Earl starts calling Grace out about her lying. It even arises as an issue that could tear apart Grace’s friendship with Rhetta."

"The body of a Native American veteran, just home from the war in Iraq, is found buried face down in a shallow grave in the woods. Such a burial is intended to condemn the soul of the victim, according to Native American belief. Grace seeks advice on the case from her Native American grandfather, Geepaw, and is shocked to learn he is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and in need of constant supervision."

"An attempt to apprehend a dangerous killer yields terrible results for the squad, including the death of a well-respected officer. The squad immediately sets out to bring the criminal to justice when they learn that the house they were charging had tunnels leading to the house of a major crack dealer. The case causes Grace to face her own mortality. On death row, Leon gets to spend some time with his son, whose mother is about to get remarried. Leon also struggles with deciding whether to allow his son to be adopted by the new man in the mother’s life."