McLEAN STATION: A Detective Kiki Diaz Thriller

by F.X. Regan

Inspired by a tragically true story, homicide Detective Sergeant Kiki Diaz gets the call early one morning to respond to the McLean District Sub Station where two of her fellow Fairfax County Police officers have been shot and killed in the lobby by a gunman who fled. Paired with her partner, the salty veteran detective Bob Craig, the two start with victimology, motive, and physical evidence. Nothing jumps out at them quickly except this one is going to take time. When some strange leads start pointing inward, Internal Affairs becomes involved, which is not what Diaz needs. She has crossed swords with them before.

This is a fast paced and realistic police procedural. It's also a commentary on the police and police work. And how they deal with, or avoid dealing with death, the fear of death, PTSD, substance abuse, and relationships. Paraphrasing the talented former LAPD officer-turned-author Joseph Wambaugh who we recently lost to cancer, "It's not about the effect the police have on the streets, it's about the effect the streets have on the police."

All of the profits from this book, including the Audiobook, will be donated to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Museum. The Memorial at Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. lists the names of all 24,412 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty since 1786. Unfortunately, between 150 and 400 officers are added to the Memorial walls every May during Police Week.

346 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 18, 2025

About the author

F.X. Regan was a police officer in a major metropolitan police department and an FBI special agent and SWAT team member. He retired with more than thirty-three years of law enforcement service and had a storied career working on several high-profile investigations. He retired as the special agent in charge of a large FBI field division and went on to become a Vice President and COO for corporate security at two large companies.

He has written editorials in The Washington Post, Gannett, and The Hill newspapers, and has appeared on America's Most Wanted, NBC's Dateline, and Fox News. He has graduate degrees in Criminology and International Relations, and in addition to writing full-time, he is a licensed Private Investigator.

AREA 51: Project Sapphire and AREA 51: Project Onyx, and AREA 51: Project Lunar Dust are the beginning of a planned series of novellas that involve crime and intrigue at the secret government base known as Area 51.

F.X. Regan has penned two full-length novels featuring dismissed FBI agent turned Private Investigator CJ Hawk that involve murder, conspiracy, and rogue government operations in Washington, D.C. A third novel is in development, and all are inspired by actual events including murders in the Nation's Capital. They are with agents and editors and will be in publication soon.

A third series featuring Fairfax County, Virginia Detective Sergeant Kiki Diaz is in production and the first novella, Rosslyn Station will be out in early fall 2023.

Keep up with all of his work at www.FXRegan.com and follow him on Twitter and Instagram @FXRegan.