Officer down
ISBN: 312942117
Schwegel',s instantly engrossing debut crime novel begins with the bungled bust of child molester Marko Trovic: after Samantha ",Smack", Mack, a chain-smoking, hard-drinking Chicago police officer, and her partner and ex-lover, Fred, storm a pitch-dark tenement house, Smack wakes later with a nasty concussion, but Fred, shot during the attempted arrest, never does. Police officials decree that Smack',s ",friendly fire", killed Fred, but she',s sure there were others in the room with them that night. Reeling from her concussion, Smack is given administrative leave, but offered little support (or hope of commitment) from her married lover, detective Mason Imes. A determined Smack realizes busting Trovic will be her problem alone: a meddling Internal Affairs operative harasses her, the Sarge threatens to confiscate her badge and Mason says they',re going to close the case. Persistence and detective work fueled by righteous rage lead Smack to a guilty informant ...
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