Catch Me When I'm Falling

When Charlie's mother asks her to look into the death of a friend, Charlie knows this could have many risks. First, the death took place in Detroit's notorious Corridor, second, the police think the crime isn't worth investigating and third, Charlie is in the midst of selling her place and purchasing a house with her partner Mandy. In Catch Me When I'm Falling by Cheryl Head, Charlie decides to go undercover as a street person to investigate.

The Corridor is a dangerous place filled with drug trafficking, homelessness and now murder. As Charlie investigates, she discovers several other homeless people have been killed and their bodies burned. When she tries to convince the police there is a serial killer at work, they resist the idea.

With the assistance of a homeless man named Reggie whose friend was one of those killed, Charlie goes undercover to learn who is killing these people and why. Waiting in a food line, standing around a barrel fire and doing odd jobs takes Charlie deep into the world of the homeless.

What she discovers leads her to a sadistic killer with ties to a local drug dealer and a connection to the already compromised Detroit police department. With the help of her feisty mother Josephine, a crack researcher, and her partners in the Mack Investigations Agency, begin to put the pieces together and the answers will force the police to take action.

A tense, dark mystery with vivid descriptions of the atmosphere in the Corridor.