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Chasing Justice
Revenge isn’t sweet. It’s deadly.
When witnesses from a high-profile murder trial die in a series of suspicious “accidents,” whispers of revenge ripple through the city.
Detective Parker Bentley should be connecting the dots, but her focus is tangled in the thrill of a new romance. Most men are intimidated by her badge and gun but this handsome stranger finds her endlessly fascinating. While Parker is flattered by the attention, her partner, Steel Chaney, grows increasingly uneasy. Sure, accidents happen but not specifically to witnesses tied to the Peter Owens murder trial. Something—or someone—sinister is at work, and Steel is determined to reopen the closed cases before anyone else ends up dead.
Key witness and reporter Rylee Lapiz is chasing the same theory. Following a tip that Peter Owens is exacting revenge from behind prison bars, she’s determined to follow the trail, unaware that her name is on the hit list.
Parker’s judgement may be clouded, but her police instincts are sharply honed. The killer must be stopped. She’ll risk losing her partner and her life to the one person she never saw coming.
Buy Chasing Justice now for a pulse-pounding suspense where danger, betrayal, and forbidden attraction collide.
When witnesses from a high-profile murder trial die in a series of suspicious “accidents,” whispers of revenge ripple through the city.
Detective Parker Bentley should be connecting the dots, but her focus is tangled in the thrill of a new romance. Most men are intimidated by her badge and gun but this handsome stranger finds her endlessly fascinating. While Parker is flattered by the attention, her partner, Steel Chaney, grows increasingly uneasy. Sure, accidents happen but not specifically to witnesses tied to the Peter Owens murder trial. Something—or someone—sinister is at work, and Steel is determined to reopen the closed cases before anyone else ends up dead.
Key witness and reporter Rylee Lapiz is chasing the same theory. Following a tip that Peter Owens is exacting revenge from behind prison bars, she’s determined to follow the trail, unaware that her name is on the hit list.
Parker’s judgement may be clouded, but her police instincts are sharply honed. The killer must be stopped. She’ll risk losing her partner and her life to the one person she never saw coming.
Buy Chasing Justice now for a pulse-pounding suspense where danger, betrayal, and forbidden attraction collide.
302 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 26, 2025
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About the author
Rena Koontz
27 books127 followers I am a native of Pittsburgh, PA., and a graduate of Peabody High School and the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor's degree in English. I try to work Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh connections into my stories. I'm an avid sports fan so my characters often wear black and gold or reference the city's sports teams -- The Pittsburgh Penguins, The Pittsburgh Steelers, The Pittsburgh Pirates.
I've been a newspaper reporter all my life, from the time I graduated college and worked part-time for a now-defunct weekly, until my departure from one of the country's top twenty newspapers in Cleveland, OH.
I worked and lived in Pittsburgh until 1998 - spending more than a decade with a small daily newspaper, The Beaver County Times, before joining the city's major daily, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. I was a reporter for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette when my husband and I relocated to Cleveland, OH., where I worked first as an editor for The Medina (OH.)Gazette, then joined The Cleveland Plain Dealer as a general assignment reporter.
My writing career has taken me into the sports arena, politics, feature writing, editorial writing, and, my favorite, cops and courts. I've chased fire trucks and police cars, covered all sorts of crimes, including murders, and reported criminal, civil, high profile and ordinary trials. Many of the ideas for my books come from real cases that I am familiar with.
Plus, I'm married to a retired FBI agent whose career fuels my ideas and whose technical advice is invaluable.
We make our home in Florida and haven't missed the snow yet.
I've been a newspaper reporter all my life, from the time I graduated college and worked part-time for a now-defunct weekly, until my departure from one of the country's top twenty newspapers in Cleveland, OH.
I worked and lived in Pittsburgh until 1998 - spending more than a decade with a small daily newspaper, The Beaver County Times, before joining the city's major daily, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. I was a reporter for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette when my husband and I relocated to Cleveland, OH., where I worked first as an editor for The Medina (OH.)Gazette, then joined The Cleveland Plain Dealer as a general assignment reporter.
My writing career has taken me into the sports arena, politics, feature writing, editorial writing, and, my favorite, cops and courts. I've chased fire trucks and police cars, covered all sorts of crimes, including murders, and reported criminal, civil, high profile and ordinary trials. Many of the ideas for my books come from real cases that I am familiar with.
Plus, I'm married to a retired FBI agent whose career fuels my ideas and whose technical advice is invaluable.
We make our home in Florida and haven't missed the snow yet.
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December 24, 2025
I want to thank Rena Koontz and her publisher for the free Amazon copy of Chasing Justice I received as a goodreads giveaway.
I loved Rylee the crimes reporter for channel 5 News. She was so energetic and in tuned with her senses. Parker was great. A female detective who let love blind her to the true reality of the guy. Overall great female leads and hoping for more great books about Rylee and Parker.
I loved this entire book. The back and forth between two female lead characters, one trying find the connections between old witnesses deaths and then you have the detective who thinks it's far fetched. I will be giving this book a 5 star rating. If you want to read about adrenaline, guns, and mystery this is a book for you.
I loved Rylee the crimes reporter for channel 5 News. She was so energetic and in tuned with her senses. Parker was great. A female detective who let love blind her to the true reality of the guy. Overall great female leads and hoping for more great books about Rylee and Parker.
I loved this entire book. The back and forth between two female lead characters, one trying find the connections between old witnesses deaths and then you have the detective who thinks it's far fetched. I will be giving this book a 5 star rating. If you want to read about adrenaline, guns, and mystery this is a book for you.
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