The Cracked Earth (25 page)
Authors: John Shannon
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When three young black men are gunned down within blocks of one another, Ivan Monk investigates for a possible linkâand finds himself on the trail of a racial conspiracy centered in a small Northwestern town.
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The body of a murdered Korean liquor store owner is unearthed during a groundbreaking ceremony at the infamous intersection of Florence and Normandie. As racial tensions increase, black private eye Ivan Monk searches for the killer.
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Government agent-turned-marine biologist Doc Ford is in dangerous new waters, as a Florida fishing dispute escalates into a deadly war that reaches across the oceanâ¦
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Doc Ford's friend is being held in Havana by the Cuban government. Ford ventures to Cubaâwhere he finds himself entangled in a web of murder, revenge, and assassination.
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Country-western singing star Dakota Jones, a friend of Kat Colorado's since childhood, is worried. Like most stars, she has enemies, but someone has been sending her unusually unnerving letters and really nasty giftsâ¦As the pranks escalate into violence, Kat moves quickly to identify the culprit: Is it a faceless fan, or is it someone who knows Dakota more intimatelyâeven a member of her family?
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A Sacramento attorney commits suicideâand Kat finds a video suggesting he'd been blackmailed. But as Kat investigates, she discovers that the extortionist has a charitable streak, ordering victims to make their payments to an organization that helps handicapped kids. Kat needs to figure out where the truth liesâ¦
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