Five Star Publishing presents THE JOE BURGESS MYSTERY SERIES by Kate Flora AND GRANT YOU PEACE (9781432829391) – AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2014! REDEMPTION (9781594153792) – (*Award winner) AVAILABLE NOW THE ANGEL OF KNOWLTON PARK (9781594147203) – AVAILABLE NOW PLAYING GOD (9781594144615) – AVAILABLE NOW Connect with Five Star Publishing: https://www.facebook.com/FiveStarCengage Connect with Kate Flora: http://www.kateflora.com/ ABOUT “AND GRANT YOU PEACE” FOR FANS OF: James Patterson, Michael Connelly, and Louise Penny Most people run from fires; firemen and cops run toward them, especially when someone inside is screaming. It began when boy banged on Burgess’s car window. He got a gasped, “Fire at the mosque and someone’s in there,” and a frantic gesture toward the old commercial building that served as a mosque for Portland’s Somali community. His dash into the building leads to a very young mother and tiny baby in a locked closet, and to his worst nightmare—investigating the death of another child. He must deal with suspicious, uncooperative refugees, members of a motorcycle gang, businessmen engaged in illegal activity and threats to his family before identifying the mute and terrified young mother and getting justice for a helpless child who never had a chance. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kate Flora’s fascination with people’s criminal tendencies began as a lawyer in the Maine attorney general’s office. Deadbeat dads, people who beat and neglected their kids, and employers hateful acts of discrimination stimulated a deep curiosity about human psychology that’s led to twelve books including seven “strong woman” Thea Kozak mysteries and three gritty police procedurals in her star-reviewed Joe Burgess series. Her first true crime, Finding Amy, has been optioned for a movie. PRAISE FOR THE JOE BURGESS MYSTERY SERIES: AND GRANT YOU PEACE “. . . richness of characterization, the refreshing dialogue, and startlingly good writing . . .”—Booklist “The pile-on of disasters sets the heart pounding . . .”—Publishers Weekly REDEMPTION *Winner of the 2013 Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction* “Framed by the challenges street people face in large cities, this compelling, fast-paced police procedural offers a complex plot, rich with details of conducting a murder investigation and insight into the rigors of the cop’s life.”—Booklist “Flora’s Joe Burgess mysteries are authentic police procedurals—right down to the grisly autopsies—with strong, carefully woven plots, convincing characters and snappy dialogue, as well as loads of suspense, plot twists and vivid tough-guy action.”—William Bushnell, Kennebec Journal “Kate Flora keeps a string of lively books going with the third in her strong Portland police procedural series featuring homicide detective Sgt. Joe Burgess. Be glad that both of them are at it again. The latest book, Redemption, affirms that Burgess and the series he anchors are the real thing.”—Nancy Grape, Portland Press Herald THE ANGEL OF KNOWLTON PARK “Flora excels at portraying the police as real people with strengths and weaknesses who unite to bring some measure of justice to the dead and living alike. Flora’s thought-provoking second police procedural marks her as one of the best in the genre.”—Starred Library Journal

• published: 18 Sep 2014
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