And Grant You Peace by Kate Flora

And Grant You Peace by Kate Flora

.nailed the culture of a Portland cop.beautifully written, and suspensefully told. Mystery Lover, Verified Reviewer

When a boy raps on Detective Burgess's car window summoning him to a burning commercial building now serving as a mosque, Burgess rushes through the intensifying flames to rescue a screaming woman and her baby locked in a closet.

The young mother survives, but suffers traumatic muteness. Autopsy shows the infant was gravely ill, suggesting someone was trying to keep mother and child away from hospitals that might have asked questions.

Questioning suspicious' uncooperative refugees' members of a motorcycle gang' and shady businessmen' results in threats to Burgess's family, newly grown by two adopted children.

Burgess persists, certain that finding justice for the child and mute mother will solve everything, until a witnesses draws him and his team into a building . . . booby-trapped to explode.

An incredible cast of characters and a plot that keeps you guessing to the very last page. Kate Flora is a master of the genre. Skye Writer, Verified Reviewer

. . . the pace ramps up on page one and continues throughout the book. The side stories are so much to the richness of the tale. Wholeheartedly recommend. Verified Reviewer

THE JOE BURGES MYSTERIES
Playing God
The Angel of Knowlton Park
Redemption
And Grant You Peace
Led Astray
A Child Shall Lead Them
A World of Deceit

Flora, Kate: - Kate Flora's fascination with people's criminal tendencies began in the Maine attorney general's office. Deadbeat dads, people who hurt their kids, and employers' discrimination aroused her curiosity about human behavior. The author of nineteen books and more than twenty short stories, Flora's been a finalist for the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Derringer awards. She won the Public Safety Writers Association award for nonfiction and twice won the Maine Literary Award for crime fiction. Her latest fiction is Schooled in Death, her 9th Thea Kozak mystery. Her latest nonfiction is Shots Fired: The misconceptions, misunderstandings, and myths about police shootings with retired Portland Assistant Chief Joseph K. Loughlin. Flora divides her time between Massachusetts and Maine, and between cooking and gardening and obsessive writing.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781432829391
ISBN 10	1432829394
Title	And Grant You Peace
Author	Kate Flora
Series	Joe Burgess Mystery
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Cengage Learning, Inc
Year published	2014-11-01
Number of pages	330
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.