Joe Gunther and the VBI team are investigating a murder and an arson case-both potentially related to a small but lethal outbreak of Ebola at a local hospital.
Indeed, behind the mayhem and murder, Joe must uncover a tragic family history before another victim dies..
Joe and his team pursue these cases, uncovering motives that might link them, while proving that trust betrayed can be a toxic virus, transforming love into savage loathing.
Willy Kunkle is undergoing surgery at the same hospital saddled with the unlikely- and suspiciously timed-outbreak of Ebola.
These two puzzling cases-only tenuously connected-are further complicated by the sidelining of a key member of VBI.
The odd and common denominator? Mick Durocher, the self-confessed murderer, was once employed by the same company.
At the same time, a large local business is being targeted with escalating acts of violence-a warehouse fire, a booby rigged truck, an industrial gas leak murderously unleashed.
Despite his ready admission, investigators quickly sense there might be more going on than is immediately apparent.
They quickly have a suspect, Mick Durocher, and a confession, but not everyone on the team is convinced of Mick\'s truthfulness.
When the body of a young woman is found near a trail at a popular ski mountain, the case falls to Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation (VBI).
Joe Gunther and the VBI team are investigating a murder and an arson case-both potentially related to a small but lethal outbreak of Ebola at a local hospital
