Toluidine A Novel - SECOND EDITION - is an improved version of the initial stories but infused with new material of darkness and suspense. This psychological thriller filled with the emotional drama of each case, is a fictional account based on true crimes the authors worked alongside detectives. Adeline Donovan starts a new career in forensics after a failed relationship gives her freedom to rediscover her dreams. Alongside her best friend and fellow nurse, Rachel Tristin, they move-in together in historic Fells Point in Baltimore, which was exactly the fresh start Addie needed. Addie and Rachel dedicate their lives to working in the evil world of sex crimes, human trafficking, strangulation, and domestic violence to find justice for victims by using their expertise as forensic nurse examiners. However, Addie carries a dark secret that could destroy her career and her life. When a cold case involving similar crimes is being investigated by police, Addie tries to run from her past, keeping her secret in the shadows of the unsolved cases. But sometimes the past has a way of haunting you, but does Addie’s past eventually catch up? Addie carries a forbidden and deep attraction, working alongside Detective Frank Knight, but will she cave in to her desires? While Rachel is perplexed by her relationship with firefighter David after an introduction… to his wife. The prosecution and the defense attorney’s line of questioning makes one fictional chapter dramatic and as close to real life as it gets in the courtroom. The story line is fictional but the court questions and the defence’s questions and behaviors were based on real events.