Relative Malice

Loved this book…I had no idea what was coming until the end and I like when that happens!
I enjoyed Detective Kendall who inadvertently gets a big home invasion case where all 4 members of the family are executed except the 10 month old baby who, somehow seems to have disappeared leaving behind some confusing blood drops…. Where did baby Philly go?
Detective Kendall is adrift in her life, living in her car and at the station and upon constant nagging by her well meaning father to move in with him, she finally finds and moves into an apt. above a bar and kindles a friendship with the woman who lives across the hall who just happens to be psychic and an expert computer hacker!
Very soon there is a man who claims he murdered the whole show more family but, Kendall doesn't buy it. With the help of her new partner the womanizing Ross Alverson and her new friend across the hall who almost gets killed in the process, Kendall crack the case. The characters are real, compelling and very likeable. I read this book in a single sitting and when I do that it is always a most excellent 5 star read for me.
This is a page turner from the first page to the last and I will most definitely be reading more from this author Marla Madison in the future show less

I found this book a little hard to get into. Because of the multiple characters, it took a while to come together. I was glad
I stuck it out. An excellent police procedural and insight into the psyches of many different police personalities. The storyline
follows the twists and turns associated with one criminal who manages to slip through the police's net more than once, and how
hunting him down effects all of their lives. A good read.

Detective Kendall Halsrud becomes the officer in charge when her partner is taken ill, of a home invasion case - the murder of four of the Glausson family, and a missing baby. Circumstances lead to Halsrud working with Adam Nashlund, the security chief of Gray Glausson, brother of the deceased father. They have to delve into the past to expose the secrets that could lead to the guilty party.
An enjoyable fast paced mystery story

Received this book for review from Book Rooster.