Detective
Madison Knight Series
by
Carolyn Arnold
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GENRE:
Police Procedural/ mystery/suspense
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A
hero has fallen, and hard-edged detective Madison Knight
will stop at nothing short of finding justice—even if it means
risking her own life.
Releasing 9.26.16
BLURB
One:
Ties
That Bind
When an
isolated incident turns into a hunt for a serial killer, Detective
Madison Knight is not going to back down—even if it pits her
against her superiors
Book 1
in the series.
The
hunt for a serial killer begins…
Detective
Madison Knight concluded the case of a strangled woman an isolated
incident. But when another woman’s body is found in a park killed
with the same brand of neckties, she realizes they’re dealing with
something more serious.
Despite
mounting pressure from the sergeant and the chief to close the case
even if it means putting an innocent man behind bars, and a partner
who is more interested in saving his marriage than stopping a
potential serial killer, Madison may have to go it alone if the
murderer is going to be stopped.
Excerpt:
Chapter
1
SOMEONE
DIED EVERY DAY. Detective Madison Knight was left to make sense of
it.
She
ducked under the yellow tape and surveyed the scene. The white,
two-story house would be deemed average any other day, but today the
dead body inside made it a place of interest to the Stiles PD and the
curious onlookers who gathered in small clusters on the sidewalk.
She’d
never before seen the officer who was securing the perimeter, but she
knew his type. The way he stood there—his back straight, one hand
resting on his holster, the other gripping a clipboard—he was an
eager recruit.
He held
up a hand as she approached. “This is a closed crime scene.”
She
unclipped her badge from the waist of her pants and held it up in
front of him. He studied it as if it were counterfeit. She usually
respected those who took their jobs seriously but not when she was
functioning on little sleep and the humidity level topped ninety-five
percent at ten thirty in the morning.
“Detective
K-N-I—”
Her name
died on her lips as Sergeant Winston stepped out of the house. She
would have groaned audibly if he weren’t closing the distance
between them so quickly. She preferred her boss behind his desk.
Winston
gestured toward the young officer to let him know she was permitted
to be on the scene. The officer glared at her before leaving his
post. She envied the fact that he could walk away while she was left
to speak with the sarge.
“It’s
about time you got here.” Winston fished a handkerchief out of a
pocket and wiped at his receding hairline. The extra few inches of
exposed forehead could have served as a solar panel. “I was just
about to assign the lead to Grant.”
Terry
Grant was her on-the-job partner of five years and three years
younger than her thirty-four. She’d be damned if Terry was put in
charge of this case.
“Where
have you been?” Winston asked.
She
jacked a thumb in the rookie’s direction. “Who’s the new guy?”
“Don’t
change the subject, Knight.”
She
needed to offer some sort of explanation for being late. “Well,
boss, you know me. Up all night slinging back shooters.”
“Don’t
get smart with me.”
She
flashed him a cocky smile and pulled out a Hershey’s bar from one
of her front pants pocket. The chocolate had already softened from
the heat. Not that it mattered. She took a bite.
Heaven.
“What
are you doing here, anyway?” she asked with her mouth partially
full.
“The
call came in, I was nearby, and thought someone should respond.”
His leg caught the tape as he tried to step over it to the sidewalk
and he hopped on the other leg to adjust his balance. He continued
speaking as if he hadn’t noticed. “The body’s upstairs, main
bedroom. She was strangled.” He pointed the tip of a key toward
her. “Keep me updated.” He pressed a button on his key fob and
the department-issued SUV’s lights flashed. “I’ll be waiting
for your call.”
As if he
needed to say that. Sometimes she wondered if he valued talking more
than taking action.
She took
a deep breath. She could feel the young officer watching her, and she
flicked a glance at him, now that the sergeant was gone. What was his
problem? She took another bite of her candy bar.
“Too
bad you showed. I think I was about to get the lead.”
Madison
turned toward her partner’s voice. Terry was padding across the
lawn toward her.
“I’d
have to be the one dead for that to happen.” She smiled as she
brushed past him.
“You
look like crap.”
Her
smile faded. She stopped walking and turned around. Every one of his
blond hairs were in place, making her self-conscious of her short,
wake-up-and-wear-it cut. His cheeks held a healthy glow, too, no
doubt from his two-mile morning run. She hated people who could do
mornings.
“What
did you get? Two hours of sleep?” Terry asked.
“Three,
but who’s counting?” She took another large bite of the
chocolate. It was almost a slurp with how fast the bar was melting.
“You
were up reviewing evidence from the last case again, weren’t you?”
She
wasn’t inclined to answer.
“You
can’t change the past.”
She
wasn’t hungry anymore and wrapped up what was left of the
chocolate. “Let’s focus on this case.”
“Fine,
if that’s how it’s going be. Victim’s name is Laura Saunders.
She’s thirty-two. Single. Officer Higgins was the first on scene.”
Higgins?
She hadn’t seen him since she arrived, but had been her training
officer. He still worked in that capacity for new recruits. Advancing
in the ranks wasn’t important to him. He was happy making a
difference where he was stationed.
Terry
continued. “Call came in from the vic’s employer, Southwest
Welding Products, where she worked as the receptionist.”
“What
would make the employer call?”
“She
didn’t show for her shift at eight. They tried reaching her first,
but when they didn’t get an answer, they sent a security officer
over to her house. He found the door ajar and called downtown.
Higgins was here by eight forty-five.”
“Who
was—”
“The
security officer?”
“Yeah.”
Apparently they finished each other’s sentences now.
“Terrence
Owens. And don’t worry. We took a formal statement and let him go.
Background showed nothing, not even a speeding ticket. We can
function when you’re not here.”
She
cocked her head to the side.
“He
also testifies to the fact that he never stepped one foot in the
place.” Terry laughed. “He said he’s watched enough cop dramas
to know that it would contaminate the crime scene. You get all these
people watching those stupid TV shows, and they think they can solve
a murder.”
“So is
Owens the one who made the formal call downtown, then?” Madison
asked.
“Actually,
procedure for them is to route everything through the company
administration. A Sandra Butler made the call. She’s the office
manager.”
“So an
employee is even half an hour late for work and they send someone to
your house?”
“She
said it’s part of their safety policy.”
“At
least they’re a group of people inclined to think positively.”
She rolled her eyes. Sweat droplets ran down her back. Gross. She
moved toward the house.
The
young officer scurried over. He shoved his clipboard under his arm
and tucked his pen behind his ear. He pointed toward the chocolate
bar still in her hand. “You can’t take that in there.”
She
glanced down. Chocolate oozed from a corner of the wrapper. He was
right. She handed the package to him, and he took it with two pinched
fingers.
She
patted his shoulder. “Good job.”
He
walked away with the bar dangling from his hand, mumbling something
indiscernible.
“You
can be so wicked sometimes,” Terry said.
“Why,
thank you.” She was tempted to take a mini bow but resisted the
urge.
“It
wasn’t a compliment. And since when do you eat chocolate for
breakfast?”
“Oh
shut up.” She punched him in the shoulder. He smirked and rubbed
his arm. Same old sideshow. She headed into the house with him on her
heels.
“The
stairs are to the right,” Terry said.
“Holy
crap, it’s freezing in here.” The sweat on her skin chilled her.
It was a refreshing welcome.
“Yep,
a hundred and one outside, sixty inside.”
When she
was two steps from the top of the staircase, Terry said, “And just
a heads-up—this is not your typical strangulation.”
“Come
on, Terry. You’ve seen one, you’ve—” She stopped abruptly
when she reached the bedroom doorway. Terry was right.
Blurb
Two:
Justified
It’s
Christmastime, and this year murder doesn’t take a holiday. The
killing of a woman leads detective Madison Knight in many directions
to find a killer.
Book
2 in the series.
Madison
Knight should have ignored the call. Now she is spending Christmas
Eve dealing with her least favorite thing…blood and lots of it.
When
a female victim is found in her home, it has Madison and her partner
tapping into the vic's personal life. With a rash of former
business partners and lovers, all of whom wanted her dead, there are
not enough hours to question them all.
But trying to find the person who had the most motive isn't all that's on Madison's mind. As she struggles to establish balance in her own life, she knows she has to get her focus back. Justice requires it.
But trying to find the person who had the most motive isn't all that's on Madison's mind. As she struggles to establish balance in her own life, she knows she has to get her focus back. Justice requires it.
Blurb
Three:
Sacrifice
Detective
Madison Knight will need to call upon her tenacity when the murder
victim is the son of a local businessman who is “in bed” with the
police chief.
Book
3 in the series.
Finding
justice comes at a high price…
When
the son of business tycoon Marcus Randall, washes up on the shore of
the Bradshaw River, Detective Madison Knight must sacrifice
everything including her career to find justice for the "perfect
murder."
With
Marcus Randall already on the radar of the Secret Service for fraud
and counterfeiting, the investigation sheds new light and they
require the full co-operation of the Stiles PD. But with power and
money to back him, Marcus has a reach that extends right inside the
police department.
If
Madison's going to find out the truth, she'll have to sort through
the lies and balance diplomacy with politics.
BLURB
FOUR:
Found
Innocent
In
trying to solve a new murder, Detective Madison Knight may have to
dishonor the blue wall of silence when findings in a past case are
called into question.
Book
4 in the series
Sometimes
the pursuit of justice becomes personal…
There's
one code when it comes to the wall of blue…and Madison Knight may
have to cross it.
Any
good cop knows you never report a brother for mishandling a case or
accuse him of misconduct, but in order to find justice, Madison may
not have a choice.
Lacy
Rose had one goal for her twentieth birthday--to be found innocent of
past sins--but her life is cut short.
When Lacy's remains
are found in a garden and the investigation becomes connected to a
closed case, Madison must face her past. The lead detective on that
case was Madison's ex-fiancé. At the risk of jeopardizing
departmental relationships, and churning up the attention of an old
flame at the same time, Madison must push hard before the guilty are
found innocent.
BLURB
FIVE
Just
Cause
Detective
Madison Knight’s obsession with a cold case comes to a deadly
conclusion. With a rising body count, Madison finds out her own life
is at risk.
Book
5 in the series.
Sometimes
cold cases are deadly…
The
past threatens the future and puts Detective Madison Knight's life in
danger.
A
cold case pits Madison against the Russian Mafia, but things take a
swift turn when the unthinkable happens—a new threat arises and has
Madison hunting down an unknown killer.
While
trying to make sense of the clues, bodies are piling up, and the
brass is hungry for explanations. In addition, Madison must balance
all of this while nursing an injury, talking out her emotions with a
therapist—a bureaucratic necessity—answering to an eager
journalist, and facing an internal affairs investigation.
As
the answers come together, Madison narrows in on a possible link
between the Russian Mafia and someone within the Stiles PD.
Will
she have the courage to confront the person she believes is playing
both sides, even though they hold a position of great power?
Things
are about to be shaken up, and, for Madison, that means she just
might have to let go of the past to embrace her future.
BLURB
SIX
Deadly
Impulse
Three
murders occur within the span of twenty-four hours, but Detective
Madison Knight is adamant they’re not looking for a serial killer.
But can she prove it?
Book
6 in the series.
Looks
aren’t the only things that can be deceiving…
When
a sixty-eight-year-old woman is found dead outside the hospital in a
wheelchair with an anti-abortion sign strapped to its back, Detective
Madison Knight expects it to be an open-and-shut case. On the
surface, there are no signs of foul play, but the deeper she digs,
the more convoluted the homicide becomes. And when two more bodies
appear, including those of a girl just barely old enough to drink and
a homeless man, the direct links between the three murders are
anything but simple.
Without
a consistent MO, Madison doesn’t buy that a serial killer is on the
loose, despite the conviction with which her ex-fiancé and fellow
detective try to convince their superior. But Madison already has
enough to juggle without having to defend her reputation.
Debilitating flashbacks of being held hostage by the Russian Mafia
mere months before haunt her on an almost daily basis, and the
promises she made to herself while in captivity are becoming more and
more difficult to keep. Learning to trust is hard enough without
constant reminders of what destruction—fatal or otherwise—trusting
the wrong person can cause.
Now,
as both personal and professional friction within the department
mounts, she and her partner, Terry, must figure out what motivation
could span generations to cause someone to murder these people. But
catching this killer is like grasping at straws, and grabbing the
wrong one could mean losing not only her pride but also her
boyfriend, her credibility, and her faith in humanity…
BLURB
SIX
In
the Line of Duty
Slated
for release September 29 2016.
Book
7 in the series.
He
devoted his life to seeking justice. But would she get any for him?
It was
an ordinary day for police officer Barry Weir. It was the end of
shift, he was tired, and he just wanted to get home to his wife and
kids. But someone had other plans for him—shooting him down and
forcing him to make the ultimate sacrifice.
When
news of Weir’s murder reaches the precinct, it leaves Detective
Madison Knight and every cop in the Stiles PD itching for revenge. It
cuts Madison’s boyfriend, colleague, and Weir’s childhood friend,
Troy Matthews, deepest of all, driving him away from everyone he
loves, just when they need one another the most.
With
evidence pointing to a gang-related drive-by, Madison and her team
investigate the town’s seedy underbelly in search of justice for
their fallen brother. But the deeper they dig, the more convoluted
the case becomes. Now they need to figure out if this was a random
shooting as part of a gang initiation, a straight-up hate crime, or a
targeted kill. But with the Stiles PD under attack, they have to do
it fast…before more people pay with their lives.
BLURB
SEVEN:
Life
Sentence
In the
prequel to the Detective Madison Knight Series, defense attorney
Bryan Lexan takes on a Russian mafia boss for a client and may be in
way over his head.
Bonus
Prequel.
A
defense attorney’s worst nightmare…
“If
I pay with my life, you will pay with yours.”
Defense
Attorney Bryan Lexan may have just taken on the case which will cost
him his life. When his client, a Russian mafia boss, is convicted of
first-degree murder, he vows to make Bryan pay.
Meanwhile,
Jessica Pratt has always prided herself on being a modern woman–you
know, the kind who doesn't need a man to make her feel complete. So
when she finds herself torn between two, she realizes that not all
decisions are based on facts. If they were, her boyfriend, Bryan,
would be the logical choice. He has the family name, wealth, and a
stake in a successful law firm. Only thing is, when she meets Mason
Freeman, the chemistry between them is irrefutable and he won't take
no for an answer.
With
both of them caught up in a struggle for survival, and a powerful
enemy on their heels, they'll need to decide where their loyalties
lie.
Please
note: This book is a romantic suspense. Madison Knight of the
best-selling police procedural series has more of a secondary role in
this book. This story provides insight into Madison’s background
and the series that was inspired by her.
**SPOILER FREE**
Another great book from this author! And just as the plot thickens. The characters will keep you guessing! Where we're heading in the story is one to be reckon with.. But this detective... well... if you don't want her trailing... don't leave behind anything worth looking into!
*Received for an honest review*
Another great book from this author! And just as the plot thickens. The characters will keep you guessing! Where we're heading in the story is one to be reckon with.. But this detective... well... if you don't want her trailing... don't leave behind anything worth looking into!
*Received for an honest review*
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AUTHOR
Bio and Links:
CAROLYN
ARNOLD is an international best-selling and award-winning author, as
well as a speaker, teacher, and inspirational mentor. She has four
continuing fiction series—Detective Madison Knight, Brandon Fisher
FBI, McKinley Mysteries, and Matthew Connor Adventures—and has
written nearly thirty books. Her genre diversity offers her readers
everything from cozy to hard-boiled mysteries, and thrillers to
action adventures.
Both
her female detective and FBI profiler series have been praised by
those in law enforcement as being accurate and entertaining, leading
her to adopt the trademark: POLICE PROCEDURALS RESPECTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT™.
Carolyn
was born in a small town and enjoys spending time outdoors, but she
also loves the lights of a big city. Grounded by her roots and lifted
by her dreams, her overactive imagination insists that she tell her
stories. Her intention is to touch the hearts of millions with her
books, to entertain, inspire, and empower.
She
currently lives just west of Toronto with her husband and beagle and
is a member of Crime Writers of Canada.
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This
is the perfect book series for fans of Law
& Order, CSI, Blue
Bloods, Rizzoli
& Isles, Women’s
Murder Club,
and Hawaii
Five-O.
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That Bind, Justified, Sacrifice, Found Innocent, Just Cause, Deadly
Impulse, In the Line of Duty, Life Sentence (Bonus Prequel).
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