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"Badge Without Honor" by: Emily Kendricks

Author Emily Kendricks has penned a very exciting Suspense novel in Badge Without Honor . The story starts innocently with the introduction of John Bocello, a tough New York homicide detective who's just trying to keep his life together after a divorce. Fortunately, his badge puts him in constant contact with the dregs of society and keeps him busy. And, when the murders slow down, there's always that stack of cold cases to work on. Bocello banters with his partner, Detective Steve Parsons, does a little socializing, and then all hell breaks loose when a series of murders leave the victims looking like bloody jigsaw puzzles. Badge was put out by Sarah Publishing and is available in paperback (250 pages) as well as Kindle at Amazon. The formats aren't listed together (oops), but trust me, they are both available. The kindle edition is 605 kb at just $2.99. The novel is well formatted and edited. The story builds slowly, moving forwards past police work,

Deadly Stillwater By: Roger Stelljes

Roger Stelljes is a very successful writer. The author of Deadly Stillwater , with over 3,100 reviews, has developed quite a following of late. The book is currently available for FREE on Kindle and  it's a good size read, 378 pages, or 5461 on Kindle. The writing is good with a quick pace, and the majority of the reviewers at Amazon like the book very much, with 88% of the reviewers giving it either 5 or 4-stars. Obviously, Stelljes is doing something right. The best thing about the book and the McRyan mystery series is that it does get tense. As a crime novel, I believe that readers are truly intrigued by the crimes themselves and by the suspense that Stelljes installs from chapter to chapter. Several of the characters are paper thin, and while other writers bring the characters to us slowly, Stelljes actually adds a few pages of brief introductions near the start of the book. Again, that's against tradition, but nobody seems to care. As for the rest of the writing