Kathleen Kent crea ficción criminal contemporánea que profundiza en el rico y, a veces, absurdo paisaje cultural de Texas. Sus novelas de detectives presentan a una heroína intrépida que se enfrenta a los sistemas establecidos con ingenio y determinación. Basándose en sus experiencias y conexiones familiares con la aplicación de la ley, Kent da vida a las contradicciones del Sur a través de los ojos de su inolvidable protagonista. Su obra es celebrada por su vívida representación del lugar y su cautivadora exploración de la resiliencia femenina.
Detective Betty has only two weeks to take down her deadliest rival: Evangeline Roy, the matriarch of a ruthless cult. With the clock ticking down, it will take everything Betty's got to finally put an end to Evangeline's reign of terror, and to keep her beloved Dallas - and her own family - safe at last.
The new spy thriller by Kathleen Kent, set in post-Soviet Belarus during the 1990s. A female CIA agent must evade a serial killer and the might of the KGB.
Detective Betty Rhyzyk is up against a string of mysterious assassinations, an increasingly reckless partner, and her worst fear - desk duty - when she decides to go rogue... heading straight into the dark underworld of Dallas's most dangerous drug cartel.
This is a spellbinding story of family love, courage and betrayal at the time of the Salem witch trials.Martha Carrier was hanged on August 19th 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, unyielding in her refusal to admit to being a witch, going to her death rather than joining the ranks of men and women who confessed and were thereby spared execution.Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and wilful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. In this startling novel, she narrates the story of her early life in Andover, near Salem. Her father is a farmer, English in origin, quietly stoical but with a secret history. Her mother is a herbalist, tough but loving, and above all a good mother. Often at odds with each other, Sarah and her mother have a close but also cold relationship, yet it is clear that Martha understands her daughter like no other.When Martha is accused of witchcraft, and the whisperings in the community escalate, she makes her daughter promise not to stand up for her if the case is taken to court. As Sarah and her brothers are hauled into the prison themselves, the vicious cruelty of the trials is apparent, as the Carrier family, along with other innocents, are starved and deprived of any decency, battling their way through the hysteria with the sheer willpower their mother has taught them.
Brooklyn's toughest female detective takes on Dallas in the first novel in the Betty Rhyzyk. Betty is as tough as the best of them, but she's battling a group of unruly subordinates, a persistent stalker, a formidable criminal organization, and an unsupportive girlfriend.
After Thomas Carrier saves Martha Allen from a wolf attack, he discovers wild animals are not the only dangers lurking in the Massachusetts woods: assassins have arrived from London to capture Charles I's executioner, said to be living outside Boston under an assumed name
Thriller | »Wo der Teufel nichts mehr ausrichtet, schickt er eine Frau.«
Betty Rhyzyk, die rothaarige, knallharte Drogenfahnderin vom Dallas Police Department, erholt sich nur schwer von den Verwundungen an Seele und Körper, nachdem sie der abscheulichen Meth-Sekte von Evangeline Roy entkommen ist. Sie ist unruhig, schreckhaft und unleidlich, selbst gegenüber ihrer geliebten Frau Jackie. Ihr Frust wird sogar noch größer, als sie von ihrem Vorgesetzten zum Innendienst verdonnert wird. Denn das Dallas Police Department hat Probleme: Ein neuer Player eines mexikanischen Kartells ist aufgetaucht – El Cuchillo, »das Messer«, ein besonders brutaler Killer. Und zudem scheint ein Cop Selbstjustiz an kleineren Dealern zu verüben. Noch mehr belastet Betty aber, dass ihr Partner Seth im Verdacht steht, selbst Drogen zu nehmen und korrupt geworden zu sein. Und dann ist da noch Evangeline Roy, die zweifellos auf Rache aus ist. Betty wäre aber nicht Betty, wenn sie das daran hindern würde, alle Probleme auf einmal anzupacken – und sei’s außerhalb der Legalität.
