Broken Places (A Chicago Mystery) [2019, PDF/EPUB, ENG]

by Tracy Clark

(909 ratings)
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Cops can make mistakes, even when they’re not rookies. If anyone knows that it’s Cass Raines.
 
Cass took a bullet two years ago after an incompetent colleague screwed up a tense confrontation with an armed suspect. Deeply traumatized, Cass resigned from the Chicago PD, leaving one less female African-American on the force. Now she’s the head of a one-woman private investigation agency, taking on just enough work to pay the bills. But when the only father figure she’s ever known, Father Ray Heaton, asks her to look into a recent spate of vandalism at his church, she readily agrees to handle it.
 
Only hours later Cass is horrified to discover Father Ray’s murdered body in the church confessional, a dead gangbanger sprawled out nearby. She knew Pop, as she called him, had ticked off plenty of people, from slumlords to politicians, with his uncompromising defense of the downtrodden. But a late-night random theft doesn’t seem like much of a motive at a cash-strapped parish. The lead detective assigned to the case is all too eager to dismiss it as a burglary gone awry, just another statistic in a violent city. But Cass’s instincts tell her otherwise, and badge or no badge, she intends to see justice done . . .
 
 
“An exciting new character-driven series.”
—Kirkus Reviews.
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Book details


  • Author : Tracy Clark
  • Publisher : Kensington
  • Published : 04-29-2019
  • Language : English
  • Pages : 448
  • ISBN-10 : 1496714881
  • ISBN-13 : 978-1496714886
  • Reader Reviews : 909 (4.2)

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About the Author


Tracy Clark


Tracy Clark, a native Chicagoan, is the author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery series, featuring ex-cop turned PaI Cassandra Raines. Her debut, BROKEN PLACES, made Library Journal’s list of the Best Crime Fiction of 2018 and CrimeReads named Cass Raines Best New PI of 2018. The novel was nominated for a Lefty Award for Best Debut Novel, an Anthony Award for Best Debut Novel and a Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel. Her second Raines novel, BORROWED TIME, was a finalist for the 2020 Lefty Award for Best Mystery Novel and won the 2020 G.P. Putnam’s Sons Sue Grafton Memorial Award. Book three in the Raines series, WHAT YOU DON’T SEE, was also short-listed for the 2021 Left Award for Best Mystery novel. Book four, RUNNER, releases June 29, 2021. Tracy, a proud member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, is a lifelong South-Sider and roots for every Chicago team with equal enthusiasm. She is currently busy writing her next book.

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Reader Reviews

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Brooke London
Wow!
Reviewed in the United States on 04-01-2023
Another great author! I just finished this in two days and I'll be downloading number two of the series as soon as I finish this post. I love detective stories. 90% of what I read is about either cops or PI's. The other 5% is assassins and people who live outside the law like Evan Smoak, Jack Reacher, Mitch Rapp , Gabriel Allon, Peter Ash and Jack Widow. Looking forward to number two..
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Susan
A great start to a great series!
Reviewed in the United States on 01-31-2023
A great start to a great series. This book does take a bit of time introducing all of Cass's friends and enemies who will populate the following books but it is well worth the time. A totally organic mystery, not the forced or way-too-familiar plots I see too often in some new series..
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Amazon Customer
Action Packed!
Reviewed in the United States on 03-08-2023
I enjoyed this action packed book from the first page! I loved the twists and turns and the comical moments. The best part was knowing it was a sister leading this great cast of characters! I’m looking forward to the next book!.
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