Part of Butch Karp, book 7
First published 2024
Butch Karp runs the Homicide Bureau in a city where violence comes from every direction. Professional killers work alongside street criminals. Political terrorists plant bombs while mob enforcers break bones. Shady lawyers twist the law to protect the guilty. Karp must navigate this maze of corruption and brutality while his wife Marlene Ciampi prosecutes cases as an Assistant District Attorney. The couple faces threats from organized crime families who want them silenced. Paid assassins stalk the streets. Muggers prey on innocent citizens. The political system itself harbors terrorists who use violence to advance their agenda. Karp and Ciampi work different angles of the same broken system. He investigates murders while she builds cases in court. Both discover that justice becomes nearly impossible when criminals have infiltrated every level of government and law enforcement. The city tests their marriage as much as their careers. They must decide how much they will risk to uphold the law when the law itself has been compromised.
Genres: suspense, mystery, crime, political-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: City
Period: Contemporary
432 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Signet
Content warnings: violence