Malicious Deception: Can she stop a billionaire psychopath? (Essie Openwaters Thriller) by W Michael Hewitt

Wanting only to be a respected scientist and forget the hatred, bigotry, and poverty that dominated her youth, Dr. Essie Openwaters finds herself targeted by a powerful psychopathic murderer as she struggles to protect the Pacific Northwest from a devastating explosion and overcome inner childhood demons that threaten her career. Malicious Deception is a mystery techno thriller that pits a 21-year-old Native American woman against trained assassins and corrupt federal officials as she races to protect the area where she lives from a catastrophic calamity in a system manipulated by intransigent bureaucrats. Malicious Deception is the first in a series of Essie Openwaters mystery techno thrillers.