Second generation cop Detective Stephanie Chalice awakens in
the hospital with no memory of how she got there. Even though she sustained a
gunshot to the head, she’s determined to find out who killed her partner Yana
during the same incident. Trouble is this puts her at odds with Gus, her
detective husband, and her Italian mom.
Officially sidelined from work for R&R, Stephanie soon
busts free of the prison of her home, contacts Yana’s brother, and goes off the
grid in NYC for a few days. Retracing her steps that last day doesn’t bring her
memory back.
The question that stumps her is why. Why would someone kill
Yana and injure her? It takes some digging, but Stephanie makes more progress
in a few days than the department has in a month. Soon, puzzle pieces start
fitting together, and the body count rises.
This is the first Stephanie Chalice mystery I’ve read. Even
though its several books into the series, I enjoyed reading it as if it were
the first. This Kindle Scout winner captivated me from page one. Author
Lawrence Keltner writes with a deft hand, cleverly drawing out the story so
that it had to be read in one sitting. I’d read the next Stephanie Chalice
mystery in a heartbeat.
