Broken Places (A Chicago Mystery)

ISBN: 1496714881

Author: Clark, Tracy

Condition: New

Cops can make mistakes, even when theyre not rookies. If anyone knows that its Cass Raines.Cass took a bullet two years ago after an incompetent colleague screwed up a tense confrontation with an armed suspect. Deeply traumatized, Cass resigned from the Chicago PD, leaving one less female African-American on the force. Now shes the head of a one-woman private investigation agency, taking on just enough work to pay the bills. But when the only father figure shes ever known, Father Ray Heaton, asks her to look into a recent spate of vandalism at his church, she readily agrees to handle it.Only hours later Cass is horrified to discover Father Rays murdered body in the church confessional, a dead gangbanger sprawled out nearby. She knew Pop, as she called him, had ticked off plenty of people, from slumlords to politicians, with his uncompromising defense of the downtrodden. But a late-night random theft doesnt seem like much of a motive at a cash-strapped parish. The lead detective assigned to the case is all too eager to dismiss it as a burglary gone awry, just another statistic in a violent city. But Casss instincts tell her otherwise, and badge or no badge, she intends to see justice done . . .An exciting new character-driven series.-Kirkus Reviews