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***Caution: Contains a Naughty Word*** Roland March, treated as an invisible by the rest of the homicide squad, discovers a key piece of evidence, that someone, presumably a woman, had been tied to the bed where Octavio Morales had been shot.. He’s anathema to the rest of the department for reasons u......more

For some police officers the dead body is the end of the case. The search for the living is over and there is nothing left to do. For homicide detectives the body is the start. The dead body is the door opening on a case waiting to be solved. For Homicide Detective Ronald March, the results of a sho......more

What are the marks of a good murder mystery? Multi-layered storytelling, strong and well-developed characters and a surprise every now and then are all signs that an author has the right mix of elements to keep a reader turning the pages. J. Mark Bertrand has done all that and more with his first ti......more

This book interested me because I like murder mysteries. It wasn't a bad book, it just wasn't great. Though it was less than 400 pages, it seemed like a looooong book. I kept checking the chapter menu to see how far along I way and how far I still had to go. I found that there were so many characters......more

Houston Homicide Detective Roland March has a lot on his plate. He’s not exactly loved by his fellow detectives because of the past affecting his present. So he’s involved in some not so plumb assignments for the Houston Police Department, there’s a multiple homicide to solve and he’s on the outsid......more