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Closing Ranks

(2014)
(Red Man Down)
(The fifth book in the Sarah Burke series)
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The apparent suicide of an ex-cop leads Sarah Burke to investigate three bizarre deaths in three years in the same family . . .

Police detective Sarah Burke's Saturday off is interrupted when she is called to duty - a rookie cop has been involved in a shootout with a criminal stealing copper wire from a warehouse. When the criminal in question turns out to be Ed "Red Man" Lacey, a former colleague on the force, Sarah is shocked. The evidence suggests he was committing suicide-by-cop. But why - and how did Ed go from a respected career in law enforcement to this?

Sarah and her team delve into Ed's life, and soon decide to re-open an investigation into three deaths. The more they investigate, the more obstacles they encounter - particularly from the family, who quickly close ranks . . .

"An old-fashioned Southwest procedural that builds at a satisfyingly snappy pace." - Library Journal

"Fans of Muller's Sharon McCone, Grafton's Kinsey Millhone, and Paretsky's V. I. Warshawski will want to add Gunn's Sarah Burke to their list." - Booklist


Genre: Mystery

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