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Faint Trace
In her former life as an FBI agent in Oakland, California, June Lyons didn't flinch at tough assignments investigating gangs. But this hot and weary summer, she finds herself on the sidelines of the action, fruitlessly searching through a boiling hot storage facility for evidence of a counterfeiter.
When June's lead on the forger becomes a dead end, and her personal life threatens to overwhelm, she's ready to surrender to the sweltering heat—fighting back when she finds out that the stakes are much higher than she realized.
In a case where nothing is as it seems, it's up to June to hit the reset button…making a deal for a criminal, and for herself.
When June's lead on the forger becomes a dead end, and her personal life threatens to overwhelm, she's ready to surrender to the sweltering heat—fighting back when she finds out that the stakes are much higher than she realized.
In a case where nothing is as it seems, it's up to June to hit the reset button…making a deal for a criminal, and for herself.
66 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 7, 2015
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M.P. Cooley
5 books63 followersM.P Cooley grew up in upstate New York, living in both Auburn and Albany. She attended Barnard College and worked in publishing for over a decade, specializing in business books. She currently lives in Campbell, California. Ice Shear is her first novel, and will be released by William Morrow in July 2014.
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April 7, 2015
BLURB
From the author of ICE SHEAR and the forthcoming FLAME OUT, a prequel novella starring June Lyons in her former life as an FBI agent--as she tracks a mysterious counterfeiter to bring down a gang with a dark secret, during a sweltering Bay Area summer.
In her former life as an FBI agent in Oakland, California, June Lyons didn’t flinch at tough assignments investigating gangs. But this hot and weary summer, she finds herself on the sidelines of the action, fruitlessly searching through a boiling hot storage facility for evidence of a counterfeiter.
When June’s lead on the forger becomes a dead end, and her personal life threatens to overwhelm, she’s ready to surrender to the sweltering heat-fighting back when she finds out that the stakes are much higher than she realized.
In a case where nothing is as it seems, it’s up to June to hit the reset button…making a deal for a criminal, and for herself.
FLAME OUT
June Lyons, the former FBI-agent-turned-small-town-cop introduced in the acclaimed Ice Shear must solve two connected cases whose roots stretch back decades in time—and dangerously touch the lives of those closest to her.
As a police officer in the rust belt town of Hopewell Falls, New York, June Lyons keeps an eye on the abandoned factories that line the Mohawk River. Spotting a slick of gasoline running across the parking lot of an old apparel factory, she quickly heads inside the building, where she discovers an unconscious woman too close to the flame. The fire destroys the building down to its sub-basements, and the badly burned woman June rescued is in a coma. No one knows who she is or how she got there.
COMMENTS
This was a short introduction to two books and judging from the tone in this prequel novella, these two books might be worth the read. I am not sure why these novellas are published, since it doesn't make sense as short introductions, apart from wetting the reader's appetite. The language and story-flows are really good.
I am confused. I am happy to be introduced to this author's work, though, and will follow it up.
From the author of ICE SHEAR and the forthcoming FLAME OUT, a prequel novella starring June Lyons in her former life as an FBI agent--as she tracks a mysterious counterfeiter to bring down a gang with a dark secret, during a sweltering Bay Area summer.
In her former life as an FBI agent in Oakland, California, June Lyons didn’t flinch at tough assignments investigating gangs. But this hot and weary summer, she finds herself on the sidelines of the action, fruitlessly searching through a boiling hot storage facility for evidence of a counterfeiter.
When June’s lead on the forger becomes a dead end, and her personal life threatens to overwhelm, she’s ready to surrender to the sweltering heat-fighting back when she finds out that the stakes are much higher than she realized.
In a case where nothing is as it seems, it’s up to June to hit the reset button…making a deal for a criminal, and for herself.
FLAME OUT
June Lyons, the former FBI-agent-turned-small-town-cop introduced in the acclaimed Ice Shear must solve two connected cases whose roots stretch back decades in time—and dangerously touch the lives of those closest to her.
As a police officer in the rust belt town of Hopewell Falls, New York, June Lyons keeps an eye on the abandoned factories that line the Mohawk River. Spotting a slick of gasoline running across the parking lot of an old apparel factory, she quickly heads inside the building, where she discovers an unconscious woman too close to the flame. The fire destroys the building down to its sub-basements, and the badly burned woman June rescued is in a coma. No one knows who she is or how she got there.
COMMENTS
This was a short introduction to two books and judging from the tone in this prequel novella, these two books might be worth the read. I am not sure why these novellas are published, since it doesn't make sense as short introductions, apart from wetting the reader's appetite. The language and story-flows are really good.
I am confused. I am happy to be introduced to this author's work, though, and will follow it up.
April 15, 2015
Prequel to the first novel Ice Shear.
July 12, 2015
I just wish that this novella was a longer book!
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