Crossing the Line

Alex Thatcher is just settling in to her new life in Southern Arizona and her dream job as a Border Patrol agent. She is working with a respected mentor (and a newbie who is fun to boss around), learning her way around the desert, and even making some friends. But when Alex observes something unusual while out on patrol, she and her colleagues must work with law enforcement agencies and the medical examiner's office to investigate a series of homicides. Fascinating and suspenseful, 'Crossing the Line' captures the complexity and ambiguity of the borderlands.

Alex Thatcher is just settling in to her new life in Southern Arizona and her dream job as a Border Patrol agent. She is working with a respected mentor (and a newbie who is fun to boss around), learning her way around the desert, and even making some friends. But when Alex observes something unusual while out on patrol, she and her colleagues must work with law enforcement agencies and the medical examiner's office to investigate a series of homicides. Fascinating and suspenseful, 'Crossing the Line' captures the complexity and ambiguity of the borderlands.

A.L. Gomortis is the pseudonym used by two board-certified forensic pathologists who, in combination, have performed thousands of autopsies and have worked in Arizona for nearly 20 years. This is their first jointly-written novel, which is based on their experiences of working with various agencies and organizations who assist the medical examiner's office in the recovery, examination, and identification of those who have died in the desert.