Dead Wrong, Connie Dial
Dead Wrong, Connie Dial
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Dead Wrong

Author: Connie Dial

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2013


Synopsis

Captain Josie Corsino has selected Kyle Richards, a trusted and talented sergeant, to supervise a burglary task force in Hollywood division. While working that special detail, Richards is involved in a fatal shooting. Hes reluctant to be candid about his relationship with the man he killed, and that leads not only to uncovering his mysterious past but exposing Josies division to notoriety and a fiery assault. As detectives investigate the shooting, Josies loyalty to her sergeant is second-guessed by her bureau chief, civil rights activists, and even a few of her police officers. Was the shooting justified, or did Sergeant Richards have another reason for killing the unlikely burglary suspect? Before that question can be answered, theres a brutal murder in Hollywood in which Richards appears to be the most likely suspect. Josie wants to support her sergeant but finds herself questioning his actions and his motives. Josie joins forces with Detective Red Behan and Lieutenant Marge Bailey to help solve the murder and determine if there is a link between the man Richards shot and the homicide victim. The trail leads from a boxing gym in east Los Angeles to LAPDs office of the chief of police and finally back to Hollywood, where Josie discovers corrupt cops thriving within her police station. At home, Josie is becoming impatient and distant with her husband and her son, who continue to make demands on her time. She also finds herself drawn to Sergeant Richards, creating even greater domestic turmoil.

About Connie Dial

Connie Dial, in her twenty-seven-year career with the Los Angeles Police Department, rose through the ranks from patrol officer to undercover intelligence officer, narcotics detective, internal affairs surveillance officer, watch commander, captain, and area commanding officer of the LAPD’s Hollywood Police Station. Before joining the LAPD, she was a reporter and photographer for a chain of California newspapers, an editor for a trade magazine, and a television news writer. She is the author of several crime novels, and her first Josie Corsino mystery, Fallen Angels, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Book for 2012. She lives in Southern California with her husband, a retired police detective, and two Yorkshire Terriers, Bogart and Bacall.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sheila

Captain Josie Corsino, of the LAPD’s Hollywood station, is a pleasingly real, intelligent and flawed protagonist. She’s a great cop but knows she knows she owes her promotion as much to being female as anything else. She’s a good friend, wise to the skills and weaknesses of her crew. She’s a loving......more

Goodreads review by 3 no 7

This was a good book, and I liked it. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars is that I am not a big fan of reading novels with lots of bad cops, and lost of cops with family problems. There were just too many people with too many problems There wasn't anyone to like. I really, really tried to lik......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

This is Dial's second book in the Josie Corsino series. The first one, Fallen Angels, was a book I enjoyed a year ago. LAPD Capt. Josie Corsino is a character who embodies all of women's torn emotions about job v. family. She has worked hard to reach the rank of captain and loves her job despite som......more

Goodreads review by Gloria

The author’s bona fides are evident from the first page of this, her fourth novel, and the second in the Josie Corsino series: Connie Dial had 27 years of varied experience as a member of the LAPD, including undercover work, narcotics detective, Internal Affairs surveillance officer, watch commander......more

Goodreads review by Leanne

Strong female cop in charge, works hard to exonerate a fellow cop while struggling to believe he did not intentionally shot another cop, all the while fighting the urge to have a fling with him. I liked the mystery, but was able to figure out the 'whodunnit' as the key players were introduced. The e......more