Detective Kurtis Morgan was at the end of his rope. He'd lost everything; his wife, his career prestige, his partner, but worst of all, his sanity. With the latest string of murders going cold, he crawls into a bottle for comfort. A new killer is on the loose in Parkside, MI, prompting Morgan to get his wits together and solve the case. News travels far and wide about the Chemical Burn killer. Far enough to reach reporter Jasper Marks. A tip convinces Jasper to go headlong into an investigation that may prove more than he expected. Accompanied by his girlfriend, Becca, and esteemed co-worker Patti, he must work through the clues left by the killer himself before time runs out.

Chemical Burns is a book by authors Harry Carpenter and Timothy R. Baldwin. The format is unlike traditional styling in that they each wrote separate characters and chapters that converged on a similar path.