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Luc Actar #1
Falling Angels
After a panicked call from his best friend, Mattie Hardwin, Luc Actar must return to Los Angeles and the life he fled three years earlier. Mattie's husband, a prestigious lawyer named Spencer Hardwin, has mysteriously disappeared. Desperate for assistance and despite his better judgment, Luc enlists the help of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in his search to find Spencer. But he soon learns that the detectives have their own reasons for locating Spencer - the lawyer has become the prime suspect in a drug dealer?s brutal murder.
As he hunts for the man he thought he knew, Luc's history with Mattie haunts his dreams and drives him to the depths of the misery he once escaped. Back on the streets of Los Angeles, Luc employs old friends and encounters childhood rivals to take on the sheriff's department, while a slew of lawyers impede his every move to save those closest to him from an unknown killer.
As he hunts for the man he thought he knew, Luc's history with Mattie haunts his dreams and drives him to the depths of the misery he once escaped. Back on the streets of Los Angeles, Luc employs old friends and encounters childhood rivals to take on the sheriff's department, while a slew of lawyers impede his every move to save those closest to him from an unknown killer.
214 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 14, 2006
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About the author
Melissa M. Garcia
6 books9 followersMelissa M. Garcia has spent most of her life immersed in the vibrant and sometimes gritty landscape of Southern California. A graduate of California State University, Long Beach, with a degree in English/Literature, she channels her deep understanding of the region into her writing. Garcia is the acclaimed author of the Los Angeles crime series featuring Luc Actar, which includes Falling Angels, Chasing Demons, and Raising Hell. She also penned the Death Valley Mystery series, with titles such as Stranger and Next of Kin. Additionally, she has published an e-book collection, Faith Departed: Short Stories of Mystery, Crime, and Despair. Melissa lives in Southern California with her husband and son, where she continues to craft her thrilling tales.
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April 1, 2020
Really enjoyed this first book of the Luc Actar series “Falling Angels” by Melissa M. Garcia. Need to find book 2!
October 10, 2016
Good book
It was entertaining and a good who-done-it. Has a little romance in it too but not so much that I couldn't stand it.
It was entertaining and a good who-done-it. Has a little romance in it too but not so much that I couldn't stand it.
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