"...nailed the culture of a Portland cop...beautifully written, and suspensefully told." ~Mystery Lover, Verified Reviewer

When a boy raps on Detective Burgess's car window summoning him to a burning commercial building now serving as a mosque, Burgess rushes through the intensifying flames to rescue a screaming woman and her baby locked in a closet.

The young mother survives, but suffers traumatic muteness. Autopsy shows the infant was gravely ill, suggesting someone was trying to keep mother and child away from hospitals that might have asked questions.

Questioning suspicious‚ uncooperative refugees‚ members of a motorcycle gang‚ and shady businessmen‚ results in threats to Burgess's family, newly grown by two adopted children.

Burgess persists, certain that finding justice for the child and mute mother will solve everything, until a witnesses draws him and his team into a building . . . booby-trapped to explode.


"An incredible cast of characters and a plot that keeps you guessing to the very last page. Kate Flora is a master of the genre." ~Skye Writer, Verified Reviewer

". . . the pace ramps up on page one and continues throughout the book. The side stories are so much to the richness of the tale. Wholeheartedly recommend." ~Verified Reviewer

THE JOE BURGESS MYSTERIES
Playing God
The Angel of Knowlton Park
Redemption
And Grant You Peace
Led Astray
A Child Shall Lead Them
A World of Deceit