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In this instantly cinematic and completely compelling thriller (Hank Phillippi Ryan), Detective Betty has only two weeks to take down her deadliest rival--this time for good. The terrific adrenaline punch youd expect for the grand finale of Kathleen Kent s Edgar-nominated trilogy. --Julia Heaberlin Things are looking up for Detective Betty Rhyzyk. Shes settled into a happy marriage and been promoted to Sergeant in the Dallas Police Department. But when a hostage stand-off puts her on the phone with legendary cartel leader The Knife, things take a turn. The Knife has heard a rival is making a play for the streets of Dallas--none other than Evangeline Roy. The matriarch of a ruthless cult, Evangeline also happens to hold a personal vendetta against Betty. So who better to draw Evangeline out of hiding? Bettys got two weeks to catch her. Or else. With Bettys young charge Mary Grace already missing--having left her seven-month-old baby behind in Bettys care--and the drug dealers of Dallas donning strange red wigs and delivering cryptic messages, Bettys in a race for answers. With the clock ticking down, it will take everything shes got to finally put an end to Evangelines reign of terror, and to keep her beloved Dallas--and her own family--safe at last. I read this book in a compulsive binge . . . Betty Rhyzyk wont soon be forgotten by crime readers. --Sarah Weinman, New York Times Book Review Riveting. -- The Washington Post A police procedural like none youve ever read. --Hank Phillippi Ryan A thrilling last dance with the formidable Betty Rhyzyk. --Steph Cha Detective Betty is one of my favorite queer characters in crime fiction. The Pledge is fiery and propulsive.--Kristen Lepionka About author(s): Kathleen Kent is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated The Dime and The Burn as well as three bestselling historical novels: The Heretics Daughter, The Traitors Wife, and The Outcasts . Kent lives in Dallas, TX.
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