Shallow grave: A Matt Sinclair mystery

"When the Oakland coroners office uncovers a body buried in a shallow grave in the outskirts of the city, homicide sergeant Matt Sinclair expects to find a drug dealer caught in the crosshairs of a turf war. Instead, the victim is identified as Phil Roberts, the commander of the police departments intelligence unit and Sinclairs former partner. Police brass want to pin the murder on a dead member of an outlaw motorcycle gang and they want the case closed quickly, but Sinclair and his current partner, Cathy Braddock, arent satisfied with that answer. As Sinclair delves into the details of Robertss past, secrets from his work and personal life come to the surface--secrets that some people will go to any length to keep buried. But Sinclair wont stop until he finds the truth, even if it means sacrificing his former partners reputation and possibly his own career." --Amazon.