Broken Places, Tracy Clark
Broken Places, Tracy Clark
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Broken Places

Author: Tracy Clark

Narrator: Karen Chilton

Unabridged: 12 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/29/2018


Synopsis

Former cop Cass Raines has found the world of private investigation a less stressful way to eke out a living in the Windy City. But when she stumbles across the dead body of a respected member of the community, it's up to her to prove a murderer is on the loose . . . Cops can make mistakes, even when they're not rookies. If anyone knows that it's Cass Raines, who took a bullet two years ago after an incompetent colleague screwed up a tense confrontation with an armed suspect. Deeply traumatized by the incident, Cass resigned from the Chicago PD, leaving one less female African-American on the force. Now she's the head of a one-woman private investigation agency, taking on just enough work to pay the bills. She spends the rest of her time keeping an eye on the tenants in her little Hyde Park apartment building, biking along the lakefront, and playing chess with the only father figure she's ever known, Father Ray Heaton. When Father Ray asks Cass to look into a recent spate of vandalism at his church, she readily agrees to handle the case. But only hours later she's horrified to discover his murdered body in the church confessional, a dead gangbanger sprawled out nearby. She knew Pop, as she called him, had ticked off plenty of people, from slumlords to drug dealers and even some parishioners and politicians, with his uncompromising defense of the downtrodden. But a late-night random theft doesn't seem like much of a motive at a cash-strapped parish like Saint Brendan's. The lead detective assigned to the case is all too ready to dismiss it as an interrupted burglary gone awry, just another statistic in a violent city. But Cass's instincts tell her otherwise, and badge or no badge, she intends to see justice done . . .

About Tracy Clark

Tracy Clark is the Sue Grafton Memorial Award-winning author of the highly acclaimed Chicago Mystery series featuring ex-homicide cop turned PI Cassandra Raines, a hard-driving, African American protagonist who works the mean streets of the Windy City dodging cops, cons, killers, and thugs. She received Anthony Award and Lefty Award nominations for her series debut, Broken Places, which was also shortlisted for the American Library Association's RUSA Reading List, named a CrimeReads Best New PI Book of 2018, a Midwest Connections Pick, and a Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Her second installment in the series, Borrowed Time, was a Lefty Award and Anthony Award finalist as well as the winner of the Sue Grafton Memorial Award at the Edgars. In addition to her Cass Raines novels, Tracy's short story "For Services Rendered" appears in the anthology Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors. A native of Chicago, she works as an editor in the newspaper industry and roots for the Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Bears, and Blackhawks equally. She is a board member-at-large of Sisters in Crime, Chicagoland, a member of International Thriller Writers, and a Mystery Writers of America Midwest board member.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamie on January 23, 2019

I Want The Next Book Now! (TW suicide) I’d been craving a solid mystery from beginning to end for a while now, and finally a book delivered! This starts with Cass Raines as a police officer, but after a traumatic work incident she quits the force and starts her own Private Detective firm in Chicago.......more

Goodreads review by Viva on May 10, 2018

2 stars = it was ok. This is the highest rating I can give this book. This is just not a high standard of writing. The characters are all very cliched, down to a waitress with a heart of gold or a joy rider turned cop nicknamed "Booster", in fact so cliched that I cringed when reading the book. Also......more

Goodreads review by Monica **can't read fast enough** on November 01, 2019

Great start to a series and I loved Cass Raines as a main character. She's complicated, stubborn, flawed, and just overall what I enjoy in a character. I'm looking forward to getting around to book 2. Where you can find me: •(♥).•*Monlatable Book Reviews*•.(♥)• Twitter: @monicaisreading Instagram: @rea......more

Goodreads review by Ms. Woc Reader on June 08, 2018

I've gotten so used to read cozy mysteries it was a drastic change to read a gritty thriller for once. Cass is a jaded ex cop turned private eye after almost losing her life due to an ex colleague's error. She's experienced a lot of loss over the years making her most recently on difficult to handle......more