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Cold case detective Lauren Riley wakes up in the hospital certain of two things: she was stabbed and left for dead...and the person who did it was a cop.
After being brutally stabbed at her desk late one night, Lauren Riley works her way backwards through the haze to piece together who attacked her and why. A mysterious phone message forces her to enlist the help of a retired lieutenant to track down a witness who is desperate not to be found. As she digs into the Buffalo Police Department's hidden past she uncovers a terrible secret, one a fellow officer would kill to protect.
Packed with suspense and featuring a detective who "relentlessly--and with morbid humor--gets the job done" (Booklist), The Murder Bookcontinues a series praised byKirkus Reviewsas "an excellent police procedural combined with a psychological thriller."
Praise for The Murder Book:
An Amazon and Barnes and Noble Bestseller
"A simply riveting read from cover to cover."--Midwest Book Review
"Fans of contemporary police procedurals will want to see more of the plucky Lauren."--Publishers Weekly
"A pulse-racing pace, well-chosen details of Buffalo's mixed industrial landscape and characters to bleed for make this a stunningly good second book. Highly recommended."--Kingdom Books
Praise for A Cold Day in Hell, Book 1 of the Cold Case Investigation series:
"Recommend this one to anyone who loves courtroom dramas where lawyers tear into witnesses like pit bulls. And to anyone hot for a police procedural where tired cops make mistakes but slowly, relentlessly--and with morbid humor--get the job done. Redmond delivers both in one package...The real attraction here is a keyhole view into a world that turns our expectations upside down--a world where a bullying, quasi-fascist cop can be the only one with a handle on reality. Keep your eyes on Redmond, a retired cop who knows how to write."--Booklist
"Redmond, a recently retired Buffalo PD homicide detective, keeps everything moving nicely in this well-constructed crime novel."--Publishers Weekly
"An excellent police procedural combined with a psychological thriller."--Kirkus Reviews
"A Cold Day in Hellis a fine first novel and Lauren Riley is cool new addition to the world of PI and cop protagonists. A retired detective, Lissa Marie Redmond gives it to the reader without the sugarcoating and lifts the veil off how the system really works...or doesn't."--Reed Farrel Coleman,New York Timesbestselling author of What You Break
"Ex-cop Lissa Redmond has a sure hand with police procedure, which should be no surprise. The joy of A Cold Day in Hellcomes from her equally sure hand with storytelling. This is a welcome new voice on the crime scene."--SJ Rozan, bestselling author of Ghost Hero
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
At the start of Redmond's gripping second mystery featuring Det. Lauren Reed of the Buffalo (N.Y.) Police Cold Case Homicide unit (after 2018's A Cold Day in Hell), Lauren is working in her office one night when someone stabs her in the back and stomps on her head. Before she loses consciousness, she gets a partial glimpse of the assailant, who's wearing boots and police uniform pants, carrying away her Murder Book, which contains the records of all the unit's cold cases. On Lauren's release from the hospital, Shane Reese, her devoted police partner, vows to unofficially assist in finding the perpetrator, who appears to be a fellow cop. Their only clues: the culprit, who is definitely a man, gained entry by using a stolen swipe card and absconded with the Murder Book after unsuccessfully attempting to enter the file room. As Lauren and Shane delve deeper, the danger increases, as a long-standing conspiracy within the ranks of law enforcement starts unraveling. Fans of contemporary police procedurals will want to see more of the plucky Lauren. Agent: Bob Mecoy, Bob Mecoy Literary. (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
A Buffalo cop's crucial mistake in an old case comes back to almost literally haunt her.Lauren Riley and her partner, Shane Reese, are the stars of the Cold Case Homicide Unit. Staying late to finish up some work, Lauren's attacked by a man wearing police-issue boots who steals her murder book. Only the timely return of Reese, who's come back for his hat, saves her life. Her two college-age daughters, Lindsey and Erin, and her snowbird parents keep vigil at her hospital bedside, and Reese and his dog, Watson, move into the big house Lauren got in a divorce settlement from her wealthy second husband to protect her while she recovers. Lauren's love life is complicated. Her first husband left when the girls were young. Then she was in an abusive relationship with fellow cop Joe Wheeler. But the man she worries about most is David Spencer, a young man she helped beat a homicide charge (Cold Day in Hell, 2018) before she realized he was guilty. Since Lauren and her friends know her attacker was a cop, they also know they can't trust anyone, certainly not whomever's leaking information to the press. The DA tells Lauren and Reese that several calls on an unused tip line that's still recorded indicate knowledge of an old homicide case that may explain why someone is so desperate to get Lauren's murder book. Lauren calls on the services of her retired boss, the legendary Charlie Daley, an expert on drugs and vice, who recognizes the voice as that of a former informant. When Joe Wheeler is murdered by an unknown assailant, some people think Reese killed him for mistreating Lauren even though he has a solid alibi. Lauren must walk a dangerous line in order to find the cop willing to kill to hide a secret even as she's stalked by Spencer.Redmond, a retired Buffalo homicide detective, fleshes out an intriguing tale with solid procedural detail. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Library Journal Review
When Shane Reese, Lauren Riley's -partner on the Buffalo Police Cold Case Homicide Unit, clocks out, she stays late in the darkened office. He's only been gone for minutes when someone attacks her from behind. Two days later, she wakes up in the hospital. She was stabbed, kicked in the head, and left for dead by someone she knows was a cop. She recognized the city-issued boots. When he hears her story, Shane moves into Lauren's house while she's on leave. The two partners go rogue, searching for answers about a case that appeared in the department's murder book, which is now missing. Lauren may have made bad decisions in the past, and a psychopath is watching her, but she and Shane are convinced a dirty cop with a need to hide a cold case is behind the attack. VERDICT Retired police detective Redmond skillfully manipulates the evidence and investigation in this follow-up to A Cold Day in Hell. The disturbing aspects of the story line involving a psychopath will draw in Linda Castillo readers.-Lesa Holstine, -Evansville -Vanderburgh P.L., IN © Copyright 2019. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.