Solitude Creek / Jeffery Deaver.

Paperback.

Paperback -As an investigator with the California Bureau of Investigation, Kathryn Dance is used to putting criminals behind bars. But when she's suspended after a dangerous gang member she interviews -- and deems innocent -- is proven guilty and escapes in a violent shoot out, she begins to question her judgement. With her badge removed and forced to act as a consultant, Dance must turn her hand to another pressing case: a terrifying stampede of panicked music fans at a concert venue which left half a dozen people dead. When her investigations suggest that the stampede was deliberately instigated by assailant Anthony Marsh -- a hired criminal renowned for using people's herd mentality as a weapon -- Dance must use her skills to aid Chief Detective Michael O'Neil in a race against the clock to find Marsh before he makes his next deadly strike.

One mistake is all it takes. Busted back to rookie after losing her gun in a gang take-down, California Bureau of Investigation Agent Kathryn Dance finds herself making routine insurance checks after a roadhouse fire. But Dance is a highly trained expert in body language: her most deadly weapon is her instinct, and they can't take that away from her. And when the evidence at the club points to something more than a tragic accident, she isn't going to let protocol stop her doing everything in her power to take down the perp. Someone out there is using the terror of crowds to kill, and Dance must find out who, before he strikes again ...