Tori Hunter has always worked alone, but in Samantha Kennedy she found a partner, in every sense of the word. Casey O'Connor wasn't thrilled to learn that she also had a new partner. It's not easy to go from working with living victims to dealing with dead victims. Now Leslie Tucker is putting the brakes on the process. Professional duty has overtaken personal problems as detectives focus on the latest case, catching a killer who targets single women. The investigation raises many questions about the killer's means and capabilities. Leslie would be happy if the questions were just that, but she also wonders why she chooses to spend time with these women, and especially Casey, more than with her fiancé. Casey would like to focus only on the case, but as it grows , she has the opportunity to observe Tori and Sam's relationship and wonder how they manage to maintain a balance between their public lives and their private passions. There's no point in finding out, she tells herself, because lightning like this doesn't strike twice. "Partners" completes a series that began with the top-selling "Hunter Investigates" and continued with "In the Name of the Father," a Lambda Literary and Golden finalist Crown - with the stunning tension that only Jerry Hill can create.