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From ABNA Publishers Weekly Reviewer Evan Markham has it all -- beautiful wife, a new house in a "neighborhood of million-dollar homes," and a successful consulting business. Or is he a Jekyll and Hyde figure who, as his wife, Corie, may come to find out, is into deadly "sex games." A web of deceit, murder, lost love, and regret, coupled with more than a few surprising twists, and sprinkled with a psycho killer or two, make for a better than average serial-killer thriller. From ABNA Expert Reviewer An ex-killer turned business man finds his past coming to haunt him. He's got everything he wants...a wife, a mistress, successful business and never expected to have his wife's friend's death unveil his bad conduct. To complicate matters, his wife's ex-love is the lead investigator. The characters are interesting and well written. Overall, I think that this could be a fantastic read.Homicide detective Jack Fariel's first case after a bout with cancer involves his high school sweetheart, her rich, psychotic husband and a string of unsolved murders....The Fariel chapters are confidently written, and Clark paints a convincing portrait of the Denver Police Department in action. Fariel doesn't have a futuristic crime lab or Sherlockian insights; he just does good police work that's fun to follow. ~ Kirkus Reviews "Graphic, mesmerizing and fearless writing." - Donnell Ann Bell, author of The Past Came Hunting & Deadly Recall "Merit Clark's debut novel is a dark delight. Clark builds thetension until it becomes intolerable and releases it in a climax thatnot only satisfies, it satiates. The blood in this story runs hotterthan the sex, and the sex sizzles."- Harlen Campbell, author of Sea of Deception , Monkey on a Chain ,& Jennifer's Weave A native New Yorker, Merit Clark now writes from the Rocky Mountains. Her short fiction has won awards and in her previous life as a software developer she wrote really boring technical documentation you'd have absolutely no interest in. KILLING STREAK is the first in a series featuring Denver homicide detective Jack Fariel and is her first mystery. Read more
Features & Highlights
- Lost love, dangerous secrets . . . and murder.
- Killing Streak, the first installment in Merit Clark’s award-winning Denver-based mysteries, takes homicide detective Jack Fariel on an unexpected detour into his own troubled past.A shooting in a neighborhood of million-dollar homes at first appears to be a straightforward case for Jack’s return to homicide after medical leave. When a young man’s body is found, Jack is eager to get back to work and determined to find answers.Successful businessman Evan Markham is rich, handsome, and pissed when someone leaves a dead body in his guest house. He’ll use every shred of power and influence he’s accumulated to control the investigation.Because Evan has a past he doesn’t want his wife—or the police—to find out about. Jack has a past too—with Evan’s wife.
