Bitter Water

You don't have to poison a city. You only have to poison its trust.

By: Gary J Rose

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When powerful guests collapse at an elite San Francisco civic dinner, FBI Special Agent in Charge Jeannie Loomis is called into what appears to be a targeted poisoning. But a message left behind — San Francisco was the warning. Washington is the sentence — reveals that the deaths are only the beginning.

The investigation leads Jeannie, her trusted partner Ismail Flores, and water-security expert Dr. Nathan Vale to Bitter Creek, a long-buried contamination scandal involving poisoned wells, sick children, sealed reports, and officials who chose public calm over public warning. At the center of the forgotten tragedy is Caleb Hollis, a survivor whose family was destroyed while the people responsible protected careers, corporations, and reputations.

As panic spreads across San Francisco and Washington prepares for a national infrastructure summit, Jeannie discovers that the real threat is larger than contaminated water. Caleb’s sister, Rebecca, now working under another name in summit security, carries the memories of the victims her father refused to let the government erase. A former Bitter Creek nurse is moving toward her own act of revenge, while a powerful corporation prepares to twist the truth and turn the survivors into the villains.

To stop the next attack, Jeannie must confront a killer who believes murder is the only language the powerful understand — and expose a system that helped create him.

Bitter Water is a stand-alone Jeannie Loomis thriller about revenge, grief, corruption, and the terrible cost of telling people the truth too late.