The Scholar, McTiernan-B+

                                  This is one of those rare occasions when the second book in a series is better than the first. Reilly catches a case, but the problem is his girlfriend is the witness who called it in. Emma also works at the lab at the center of it all. This is an excellent tale involving a pharma research lab at a university and the wealthy granddaughter of the founder of the largest pharmacy company in Ireland. There are certain similarities to the first book, including the political and pretty much useless supervisor, but then again seldom does  a detective have a good boss. The sniveling DC who tries to sabotage Reilly is equally hard to swallow. This is a series with a future.