false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175302696m/503958.jpg 503958 6 They are called designer drugs, and they're worse than lethal--they're legal. A beautiful undercover agent and her partner are brutally murdered in Southern California. A special task force of highly trained police officers go underground to find out why. What they discover is a billion-dollar criminal conspiracy--and an elusive mastermind known as the Alchemist.The Alchemist is a respected chemist who has conjured up a substance worth its weight in gold: a synthetic "designer" drug as potent as cocaine or heroin and twice as dangerous--because its unique chemical formula is perfectly legal!Caught in the crossfire between a desperate Mafia chief and two ruthless drug lords, the task force must step outside the law to crush the impending crime war, risking being lured so far out from behind the protection of their badges that there is no turning back. 1864247 1985 The Alchemist total:16|5:4|4:4|3:7|2:1|1:0| 16 59 24 0 3 0 false false Fri Nov 06 08:11:25 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:11:25 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 27 13:36:32 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 13:36:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 11:49:57 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 11:49:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 17 16:32:02 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 18:17:33 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 16:32:02 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 02 16:17:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 16:17:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 07:11:45 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:11:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 27 07:51:59 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 07:51:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Dec 12 19:59:23 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 19:59:23 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 30 18:55:04 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 18:55:04 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 22:42:18 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 22:42:18 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Nov 28 22:41:50 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 22:41:50 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 21:57:14 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 21:57:14 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 12 21:34:34 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 21:34:36 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Aug 24 06:24:48 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 06:05:19 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Aug 12 11:09:34 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 11:09:45 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jun 17 12:48:39 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 12:48:39 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri May 30 10:21:50 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 10:21:50 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 04 22:13:41 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 22:13:41 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Mar 31 07:34:46 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 07:34:46 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Mar 15 11:38:26 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 11:38:26 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=503958