The Dime, Kathleen Kent
The Dime, Kathleen Kent
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The Dime

Author: Kathleen Kent

Narrator: Cynthia Farrell

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/14/2017

Synopsis

Brooklyn's toughest female detective takes on Dallas -- and neither is ready for the fight.

Dallas, Texas is not for the faint of heart. Good thing for Betty Rhyzyk she's from a family of take-no-prisoners Brooklyn police detectives. But her Big Apple wisdom will only get her so far when she relocates to The Big D, where Mexican drug cartels and cult leaders, deadbeat skells and society wives all battle for sunbaked turf.

Betty is as tough as the best of them, but she's deeply shaken when her first investigation goes sideways. Battling a group of unruly subordinates, a persistent stalker, a formidable criminal organization, and an unsupportive girlfriend, the unbreakable Detective Betty Rhyzyk may be reaching her limit.

Combining the colorful pyrotechnics of Breaking Bad with the best of the gritty crime genre, The Dime is Kathleen Kent's brilliant mystery debut and the launch of a sensational new series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on June 12, 2017

Betty Rhyzyk hails from a long line of Brooklyn, New York, cops. She's recently moved to Dallas with her lover and has discovered, as they say, that Texas is a whole 'nother world. She's working as part of a team investigating illegal drug sales, but the investigation is blown off track by a couple......more

Goodreads review by Madison on August 08, 2021

The Dime by Kathleen Kent 1st book in the Detective Betty Rhyzyk series. Police procedural thriller. Betty investigates a killer that gets too close to family when a head is delivered to her doorstep. A drug cartel warning or something else? F - F personal relationship. A lot of flash back scenes with......more

Goodreads review by Howard on January 22, 2022

5 Stars for The Dime (Betty Rhyzyk series, book 1) (audiobook) by Kathleen Kent read by Cynthia Farrell. This is a reread for me. This is the story that I thought Rizzoli & Isles should have been. There is no innuendos here. It has real relationships and real drama. I can’t wait to get the next book......more

Goodreads review by Tony on January 22, 2018

I read a fair amount of crime fiction, and this first in a series about a narcotics detective in Texas sounded like it might have some promise. It features Betty, an athletic flame-haired 6-foot Brooklyn cop who relocated to Dallas with her partner a few years previously. There's plenty of backstory......more

Goodreads review by Chessa on August 29, 2018

Whooooo boy, ALL the trigger warnings. I love Betty Rhyzyk. She is the badass detective that I have been wanting to read, I was just so in the mood for this (what, I’ve been bingeing The Closer, sue me). This book kept me on my toes - I really didn’t know where it was going for so much of the time. T......more

Quotes

One of the Best Books of the Year - Dallas Observer, BookRiot

"One of the most breathless, inventive, and be forewarned, violent suspense plots I've read in a long time."—Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air

"Exciting [and] moving . . . Grisly but likable"—Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal

"Terrific . . . Kent's own ability to avoid predictable outcomes and keep the reader on edge bodes well for future installments in this series."—Lloyd Sachs, Chicago Tribune

"The plot revolves around the Asian sex- and drug-trafficking trade run by the cutest little old lady you ever did see, but the broader appeal is Kent's offbeat humor, which pulls up reins just before it takes the story over a cliff."—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

"Kathleen Kent finds the noir side of Dallas. . . . Betty Ryhzyk [is] a beguiling protagonist. . . . [She] brings freshness and new energy to the role. . . . There's no shortage of Pine Curtain gothic in this landscape of mangy dogs, religious nuts and violent meth-heads."—Doug J. Swanson, Dallas Morning News

"Gritty and gripping, explosive and emotional, Kathleen Kent's The Dime grabs you from its opening scene and never lets go. Kent tears off the glossy facade of Dallas to show us a dark underbelly of crime. A great start from an exciting new series."
—Jeff Abbott, New York Times bestselling author of The First Order

"As hard-to-forget as Kent's main character is, the breakout star [is] the city of Dallas."—Rachel Williams, Dallas Observer

"Kent knows her craft. The Dime's tight plotting and masterful suspense is no surprise."—Ginni Beam, D Magazine

"[Kent] explodes into the crime genre with a detective who has all the qualities that'll make her stand out from the crowd. . . . Betty is [a] kick-butt detective. . . . Kent's brilliant, sometimes-gentle and humorous observations humanize and set this book apart."—Barbara Clark, BookPage

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