Desperately Wicked

When Detective Burton worked for the Armed Robbery squad he was seen as a talented misfit. His uncanny ability to discern seemingly irrelevant clues and string them together into a coherent narrative of criminal behaviour made him a valued, effective asset and at the same time, despised by those of meaner character and skill. He escaped the dysfunctional unit in time to avoid its restructuring.
His life seemed to be charmed until a spiteful parting with his girlfriend. Though transferred to the more prestigious homicide squad, his obsession with the admiration of peers, physical appearance and material security had lost its lustre. His unique investigative skills were ignored for some time and the young detective became frustrated with being on the outer and doing mundane tasks.
All this changed rapidly when he was thrust into one case after another under the auspices of the new superintendent. Adrian was solving puzzling crimes while struggling with the conundrum of affection for a girl whose faith challenged his rationale for life. Ally presented a mystery about the central purpose for human existence that challenged his pride and his intellect. Could he treat the evidence for Christianity with the same hard-nosed reason and intuitive leaps that he used when investigating crimes? The challenge of a dangerous road ahead would give the answer.