About the Book
Title: Power Struggle
Author: Carolyn Arnold
Genre: Mystery
One hit man who’s back for revenge.
One detective who’s not going down without a
fight.
It’s been ten months
since Detective Madison Knight almost died at the hands of Russian Mafia hit
man Constantine Romanov. She hasn’t seen hide nor hair of him since he escaped
police custody and fled to Russia soon after his arrest, except now her latest
murder investigation gives her reason to believe he’s back in town. Seeing as
the victim is the man who killed her grandfather, her perspective may be a
little skewed, but with the MO smacking of Constantine and the victim’s
connections to the mob, she finds it hard to be objective. Still, she’s doing
her best to consider all the evidence.
When she receives a
threatening letter from Constantine, however, her suspicions are confirmed. And
he’s made it abundantly clear that not only does he plan to finish what he
started but he has her family and loved ones in the crosshairs, too. Madison
vows to do whatever it takes to save them, but as the hours race by, the body
count rises. And the stakes only get higher when Madison’s sister, Chelsea,
goes missing.
Now, Madison’s only
play is to take Chelsea’s disappearance for what it really means: Constantine
is calling Madison out for one final showdown. And they
won’t both survive…
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What to expect from
the Detective Madison Knight series:
Murder.
Investigation. The pursuit of justice. Do you love trying to figure out whodunit? How
about investigating alongside police detectives from the crime scene to the
forensics lab and everywhere in between? Do you love a strong female lead? Then
I invite you to meet Detective Madison Knight as she solves murders with her
male partner, utilizing good old-fashioned investigative work aided by modern
technology.
This is the perfect
book series for fans of Law & Order, CSI, Blue
Bloods, Rizzoli & Isles, Women’s Murder Club,
and Hawaii Five-O.
Read in any order or
follow the series from the beginning.
Author Bio
CAROLYN ARNOLD is an international bestselling 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 and Sisters in Crime.
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ARNOLD Online:
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Book ExcerptTop
Excerpt from chapter 12 of Power
Struggle (Detective Madison Knight series)
As she walked to her car, the air was cold and bitter.
Snow was in the forecast, and she hugged her coat to herself. Goose bumps
formed on her flesh, but it wasn’t from the chill. Something was tucked under
one of her wiper blades. It could just be a flyer of some kind, but her
instincts were firing off warning signals in rapid succession. As she got
closer, she saw it was an envelope. She plucked it off the windshield and read
the outside: Detective Madison Knight.
Shivers sliced through her body, and her breathing
quickened.
Did she really want to open this? What if it somehow
confirmed all her paranoia as fact, that Constantine was in town and she had
his attention?
Swallowing hard, she slipped a finger under the
unsealed lip of the envelope, pulled out a tri-folded piece of paper, and read
it:
Were you missing me? No need to any longer. I’m back,
and I have my eye on you and yours.
C
She dropped the letter and braced herself against the
hood of the car. Her head was spinning and her heart hammering. She felt all
the blood drain from her face as dread washed over her, weighing her down to
the concrete.
This couldn’t be happening. She’d become complacent,
lulling herself into a false sense of security by hiding behind words and
faulty logic. And for Constantine to have left this here, he would have been
here in the last hour. That meant he
must have been following her. And the parking lot was aboveground with
automated gates… He had been brazen enough to expose himself in the light of
day.
She spun around, frantically studying her
surroundings, but she saw no one. Her gut knotted and breathing was becoming
increasingly difficult. It was clear he had every intention of following
through with his threat. She looked down at the piece of paper that lay on the
ground at her feet and went to pick it up. She found herself hesitating, as if
it were a serpent that would bite her hand. Any hope that Constantine was long
gone disintegrated, because the truth was, Constantine was still in town and he
was coming for her. And, from the sound of it, her loved ones.
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