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Able Men: A Knife-Edge, Electrifying Detective Tale of Murder, Politics and Religion
An exceptionally plotted detective novel, the author’s debut effort plunges the reader into the Arkansas capital at an increasingly whirlwind pace brimming with murder, politics, and religion - - plus just enough timely humor and sexual tension to relax the fright as it screams to an out-of-left-field finish. Perfect for fans of Sandford, Hoag, Deaver and Gerritsen.
“If gentlemen prefer blondes, butchers prefer brunettes. And he was no gentleman.”
Julie Davidson’s move to Little Rock for promotion to homicide detective explodes with the slaughter of a prominent local and her acquaintance. Struggling through her initiation into the rites of death investigation while battling emotions from her own mother’s death, Davidson and mentor homicide partner, Carter Hollis, focus on a would-be perp until a third brutal stabbing shakes up the case.
Further complicating Davidson’s rookie journey through the homicide landscape is her ethically murky dating relationship with a local crime blogger and reporter. Though his sources and insight into the potential killer appear to finally break open the case despite Carter’s protestations about the conflict of interest involved, the murder investigation is sent hurtling in yet another unforeseen direction with assistance from a brand-new genetic technology known as forensic phenotyping.
Be careful with this one! Able Men will have your reading lamp still burning at 3 a.m.!
“If gentlemen prefer blondes, butchers prefer brunettes. And he was no gentleman.”
Julie Davidson’s move to Little Rock for promotion to homicide detective explodes with the slaughter of a prominent local and her acquaintance. Struggling through her initiation into the rites of death investigation while battling emotions from her own mother’s death, Davidson and mentor homicide partner, Carter Hollis, focus on a would-be perp until a third brutal stabbing shakes up the case.
Further complicating Davidson’s rookie journey through the homicide landscape is her ethically murky dating relationship with a local crime blogger and reporter. Though his sources and insight into the potential killer appear to finally break open the case despite Carter’s protestations about the conflict of interest involved, the murder investigation is sent hurtling in yet another unforeseen direction with assistance from a brand-new genetic technology known as forensic phenotyping.
Be careful with this one! Able Men will have your reading lamp still burning at 3 a.m.!
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534 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 19, 2023
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November 20, 2025
Able Men
Every time I thought I knew what was going on Wham! Another surprise would hit. And they kept coming. There was no way to tell who was doing what to who.
I think they may have been a little heavy handed throughout the book on the whole Christian Political Party Group. Just a personal opinion. I guessed killer three thirds into book it’s there. Pay attention. But the hints to throw you off are killer. No pun intended. I can’t believe the detective Julie as smart as she was wasn’t smart enough. And that she decided to take a certain destructive path at the end knowing what the future will be.? Definitely worth reading.
Every time I thought I knew what was going on Wham! Another surprise would hit. And they kept coming. There was no way to tell who was doing what to who.
I think they may have been a little heavy handed throughout the book on the whole Christian Political Party Group. Just a personal opinion. I guessed killer three thirds into book it’s there. Pay attention. But the hints to throw you off are killer. No pun intended. I can’t believe the detective Julie as smart as she was wasn’t smart enough. And that she decided to take a certain destructive path at the end knowing what the future will be.? Definitely worth reading.
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