Past Grief
by Edward J. Leahy
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Pub Date Mar 18 2021 | Archive Date May 31 2021
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Description
Kim Brady, third generation NYPD, returns to the job after her father’s recent suicide and catches a career-making case—a mass shooting in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. There is one eyewitness, Leanne, but she can’t come forward because she’s transgender and she fears coming out. Kim’s resist her lieutenant’s pressure her to force Leanne’s cooperation for personal reasons. She’s also being undermined by someone inside the department who is tampering with evidence, threatening the other witness, stalking Leanne.
Kim’s father died under a cloud and her feelings for him are complicated. And as Kim realizes that someone in the department is behind the shooting, her personal feelings clash with her professional mission. That tension stretches her relationship with her fiancé to its breaking point. The mastermind behind the attack presses Kim’s soft spots to gaslight her. Unraveling the elaborate criminal conspiracy forces her to apply the lessons from her father’s experiences.
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781684336524 |
| PRICE | $7.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Kaye C, Librarian
This is a tight, fast paced police procedure novel. NYPC Detective Kim Brady and partner Mike are assigned a mass shooting that appears drug related. As Kim follows leads she finds the only witness. But the witness is reluctant because she is transgender and not out at her work. Kim runs into other roadblocks too. Other officers are stonewalling her and official reports are seemingly changed. As a final blow her boyfriend is physically attacked and she is receiving anonymous threats.
The chapters are short and the action moves quickly. I like that Kim goes by the book and isn't rogue. She gets warrants, mirandizes suspects and calls in IAB when necessary. She also reports to her chain of command. The only thing I didn't care for is the personal threats. This is an often used trope but it never works. With so many murders, it seems strange to think she'd stop the investigation over threats of exposing how her father really died. But that is a minor quibble to a good police drama. Thank you to NetGalley and Black Rose Writing for an ARC ebook in exchange for an honest review.
Ben S, Reviewer
Edward Leahy’s exciting debut novel, PAST GRIEF is very well done. Leheay knows his stuff and that’s obvious throughout this police procedural in which detective Kim Brady investigates a mass shooting in a local restaurant.
Complicating her investigation are disappearing witnesses, dead suspects, crooked cops and her own struggle with guilt over the recent suicide of her father, who also was a cop. Kim meticulously solves each issue, as good cops are supposed to do, reconciles her feelings about her dad and follows the evidence to solve the case. Leahy reveals himself as a competent authority on the proper practices of police investigations and there-in lies the best part of the book—understanding how things are really done by police all over the country. His authenticity adds to the realism of his story and makes the reading much more enjoyable.
I'm looking forward to the sequel.
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