Past Due by Claire McNab

Detective Inspector Carol Ashton is back, in the tenth installment of this most riveting of all lesbian mystery series.

Reproductive specialist Dr. Brin Halstead has made quite a name for himself. To admires the charismatic doctor is a visionary, his Halstead Clinic at the cutting edge of genetic research, but a breaking scandal has begun to paint a very different picture of a dangerous fanatic playing with his patient's lives - and the laws of nature.

When Halstead's body is discovered, brutally bludgeoned and burnt beyond recognition, Detective Inspector Carol Ashton must follow the bloody trail down a slippery slope of greed, corruption, and murder.