Christie Opara, Detektivin bei der New Yorker Polizei, erlebt den heißesten Sommer ihres Lebens. Dabei lassen sie die Millionen, die mit illegalen Grundstücksgeschäften gemacht werden, eher kalt ...
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This author delves into the world of law and investigation with an authenticity born from her own experience as a police detective. Her novels are characterized by an incisive look at the complexities of criminal justice and character psychology. Through her stories, she explores moral dilemmas and human nature within the tense environment of urban life. This author's works offer readers a suspenseful yet insightful glimpse into the realities of police work and the law.
- 2016
- 2016
Der Schlüssel zu dem Fall ist die schöne Elena, Geliebte des Rauschgiftbosses. Doch statt sie zu überwachen, läuft die Kriminalbeamtin Opara davon – fassungslos. Im Präsidium ist der Teufel los. Christie Opara jedoch hat plötzlich Zeit – und eine verblüffende Idee ...
- 1987
- 1985
Victims
- 316 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Anna Grace is murdered on the street while a number of people--including her mother--watch without helping, and the investigation produces even further complications
- 1983
Law and Order
- 512 pages
- 18 hours of reading
From 1937 to the 1970s the NYPD owned the New York City streets, and the Irish owned the NYPD. Officers ruled their beat, fighting crime the way they wanted, and bending the law to take what they could. There was only one rule-- look after your own. When Sergeant Brian O'Malley's prostitute lover pushes him out of a window, his friends in the police cover up the details and give him a hero's funeral. His eldest son is encouraged to join the boys in the force, but as he rises the ranks he realizes that all favors must be repaid, whatever the repercussions.
- 1979
The Investigation
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Kitty Keeler is beautiful, blond, and anything but the conventional middle-class mother of the neighborhood. She is estranged from her husband, hoards expensive clothes and leads a very social life around gambling casinos and organized crime.When Kitty's two small sons are found dead, everyone quickly concludes Kitty murdered them. She quickly becomes a media sensation.During the course of the investigation, Sgt. Joe Peters, begins to doubt the evidence against Kitty. He is near the end of a failed marriage and reluctantly approaching retirement. He believes Kitty is innocent and finds himself falling in love with her. Joe begins to peel back the complex layers in the conspiracy of silence while his feelings for Kitty become an obsession...putting his career in jeopardy.
- 1977
- 1974
Dieser Familienroman zeichnet das überlebensgroße Porträt einer Sippe und spiegelt zugleich den Lebenskampf der Menschen im Dschungel der Großstadt. In epischer Dichte wird die Geschichte dreier Generationen der O’Malleys erzählt. Die O’Malleys sind Polizisten. Sie sind stolz und aufbrausend. Sie beherrschen ihr Revier wie kleine Könige und halten zusammen wie Pech und Schwefel. Denn sie sind Iren, wie sie im Bilderbuch stehen.
