The Kensington Killers are back!
The Kensington Killers is a hard-boiled detective series that I began writing in 2016. The first book, Lunatic, came out early that year, and Crank, the second book, followed in late 2017. At long last, the third installment is on the horizon! In just one week, Maniac will be published!
In anticipation of the Maniac release, I've re-published Lunatic and Crank with beautiful new covers after combing through the stories and tightening them up. If you've never read the first two books in the series, I highly recommend that you get caught up before Maniac is released. Book Two ended with quite the cliff-hanger!
And as a bonus, I also published Cold Dark Fear, the prequel novella to the series!
LUNATIC
(The Kensington Killers, Book One)
When Detective Danielle Foster returns to the 66th Precinct after a maternity leave gone wrong, the unforeseeable death of her infant son who died of SIDS isn't the only tragedy weighing heavily on her mind. The latest female victim, found naked and brutally bludgeoned to death in the middle of Brooklyn's largest park, stirs in her dark ruminations she can't shake.
Recently transferred from Vice as a means to appease his overbearing wife, Detective Carter Dobbs has a lot to prove at the Special Victims Unit, and his new partner, Danny hasn't exactly welcomed him with open arms. As they charge headlong into a puzzling and increasingly disturbing investigation that takes them from picturesque Prospect Park to the seedy underbelly of NYC's modeling world, these brilliant and tireless investigators will stop at nothing to crack the case, even if it means putting their own complicated lives on hold.
What seemed at first to be a horrific but impulsive crime proves to have wider implications and soon the full extent of the killer's demented work becomes clear. Suspending hostilities, Danny and Carter barrel ahead in hot pursuit of a cold-blooded killer who draws them deeper and deeper towards the wicked truth, one which will threaten to shatter everything the detectives thought they knew about justice.
In the city where crime never sleeps, Danny and Carter must battle their own personal demons as well as a killer more depraved than any they've hunted before. But will they survive the investigation when it begins to strike far too close to home?
CRANK
(The Kensington Killers, Book Two)
Brooklyn’s grittiest neighborhood delivers another gruesome crime to Special Victims Unit detectives Danielle Foster and Carter Dobbs, this time a double homicide that quickly proves to be one of the most complex cases the 66th precinct has ever encountered.
The evidence is lacking. No one’s talking. But as the killer’s perverse motive, stemming from the darkest form of revenge, surfaces one unsettling photo at a time, Danny and Carter understand in an instant they’re dealing with a criminal who plays God, devising his own definitions of right and wrong, and inflicting horrific punishments with chilling, religious overtones.
And he’s also holding a little girl captive.
As the case becomes high-profile, the investigation takes Carter into territory that hits dangerously close to home, pushing him beyond his personal limits and drawing him into a disturbingly familiar world connected by child abduction and a past he’s worked hard to forget.
Meanwhile, Danny finds herself tangled in the knots of a dark, family secret—one with twisted consequences that soon tighten like a noose around her neck—and hunting the killer, whose target shifts onto those closest to Carter, becomes a challenge she can barely face.
Carter’s very identity is tested as he grapples with issues of conscience and survival in a struggle that pushes him to the very edge of the fine line between cop and criminal, and beyond. He’ll need every skill he’s learned to defeat his worst nightmare—and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
One bad night, one false move, that's all it takes to get pulled from duty, forced to relinquish badge and gun, a looming psychological evaluation destined to seal her fate. It doesn't take Danny long to understand that like the night gone wrong, nothing about this case is as it seems. Reaching a breaking point of frustration, her anguish turns to anger… and she trades victimhood for vengeance.
Now, as she investigates alone and against the warning of the chief of police, the dirty secrets surrounding the case become all too clear, and Danny must risk her career, and life, to expose the face of true deception behind it all.
MANIAC
(The Kensington Killers, Book Three)
Another brutal murder has been committed in Kensington, but detectives Danielle Foster and Carter Dobbs don't understand why they've been assigned the case. The dead man, a professional ballet dancer, wasn't a "special victim," but he was a member of the wealthiest family in Brooklyn. And the killer attempted to disguise the homicide as a badly staged suicide.
Lieutenant Martin Franco has been quietly tracking a judge he doesn't trust. When Bobby Campopiano is found hanged to death at the Brooklyn Ballet, Franco pulls strings to get his best S.V.U. detectives on the case. Franco is convinced the dirty judge has taken bribes from the Campopiano crime family. He finally has his shot at taking down the corrupt judge, but only if Danny and Carter can navigate two investigations without coming undone.
As Danny teeters on the brink of personal destruction, her own family matters having reached a fever-pitch, she presses into the investigation with everything she's got. Danny and Carter follow perplexing clues that lead deeper into Brooklyn's elite society, and quickly learn that anyone can be bought for the right price.
Packed with twists and dark turns, Maniac presents a riveting tale of family secrets, homicidal justice, and the harrowing message that everyone is capable of murder. The third installment of The Kensington Killers can only be described as psychological suspense at its finest.
In anticipation of the Maniac release, I've re-published Lunatic and Crank with beautiful new covers after combing through the stories and tightening them up. If you've never read the first two books in the series, I highly recommend that you get caught up before Maniac is released. Book Two ended with quite the cliff-hanger!
And as a bonus, I also published Cold Dark Fear, the prequel novella to the series!
(The Kensington Killers, Book One)
When Detective Danielle Foster returns to the 66th Precinct after a maternity leave gone wrong, the unforeseeable death of her infant son who died of SIDS isn't the only tragedy weighing heavily on her mind. The latest female victim, found naked and brutally bludgeoned to death in the middle of Brooklyn's largest park, stirs in her dark ruminations she can't shake.
Recently transferred from Vice as a means to appease his overbearing wife, Detective Carter Dobbs has a lot to prove at the Special Victims Unit, and his new partner, Danny hasn't exactly welcomed him with open arms. As they charge headlong into a puzzling and increasingly disturbing investigation that takes them from picturesque Prospect Park to the seedy underbelly of NYC's modeling world, these brilliant and tireless investigators will stop at nothing to crack the case, even if it means putting their own complicated lives on hold.
What seemed at first to be a horrific but impulsive crime proves to have wider implications and soon the full extent of the killer's demented work becomes clear. Suspending hostilities, Danny and Carter barrel ahead in hot pursuit of a cold-blooded killer who draws them deeper and deeper towards the wicked truth, one which will threaten to shatter everything the detectives thought they knew about justice.
In the city where crime never sleeps, Danny and Carter must battle their own personal demons as well as a killer more depraved than any they've hunted before. But will they survive the investigation when it begins to strike far too close to home?
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(The Kensington Killers, Book Two)
Brooklyn’s grittiest neighborhood delivers another gruesome crime to Special Victims Unit detectives Danielle Foster and Carter Dobbs, this time a double homicide that quickly proves to be one of the most complex cases the 66th precinct has ever encountered.
The evidence is lacking. No one’s talking. But as the killer’s perverse motive, stemming from the darkest form of revenge, surfaces one unsettling photo at a time, Danny and Carter understand in an instant they’re dealing with a criminal who plays God, devising his own definitions of right and wrong, and inflicting horrific punishments with chilling, religious overtones.
And he’s also holding a little girl captive.
As the case becomes high-profile, the investigation takes Carter into territory that hits dangerously close to home, pushing him beyond his personal limits and drawing him into a disturbingly familiar world connected by child abduction and a past he’s worked hard to forget.
Meanwhile, Danny finds herself tangled in the knots of a dark, family secret—one with twisted consequences that soon tighten like a noose around her neck—and hunting the killer, whose target shifts onto those closest to Carter, becomes a challenge she can barely face.
Carter’s very identity is tested as he grapples with issues of conscience and survival in a struggle that pushes him to the very edge of the fine line between cop and criminal, and beyond. He’ll need every skill he’s learned to defeat his worst nightmare—and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
COLD DARK FEAR
(Prequel to The Kensington Killers series)
In Brooklyn's wealthiest zip code, a beat cop responds to a B&E in progress that she expects will be as straightforward as they come. A vacant townhouse. An obvious point of entry. A reliable witness. But when the intruder attacks instead of making a run for it, Officer Danielle Foster has a split second realization: jewelry and silverware aren't the kind of big score he's after, and she'll have to claw her way out of this one if she wants to survive.One bad night, one false move, that's all it takes to get pulled from duty, forced to relinquish badge and gun, a looming psychological evaluation destined to seal her fate. It doesn't take Danny long to understand that like the night gone wrong, nothing about this case is as it seems. Reaching a breaking point of frustration, her anguish turns to anger… and she trades victimhood for vengeance.
Now, as she investigates alone and against the warning of the chief of police, the dirty secrets surrounding the case become all too clear, and Danny must risk her career, and life, to expose the face of true deception behind it all.
And now for the Maniac cover reveal and book description!
(The Kensington Killers, Book Three)
Another brutal murder has been committed in Kensington, but detectives Danielle Foster and Carter Dobbs don't understand why they've been assigned the case. The dead man, a professional ballet dancer, wasn't a "special victim," but he was a member of the wealthiest family in Brooklyn. And the killer attempted to disguise the homicide as a badly staged suicide.
Lieutenant Martin Franco has been quietly tracking a judge he doesn't trust. When Bobby Campopiano is found hanged to death at the Brooklyn Ballet, Franco pulls strings to get his best S.V.U. detectives on the case. Franco is convinced the dirty judge has taken bribes from the Campopiano crime family. He finally has his shot at taking down the corrupt judge, but only if Danny and Carter can navigate two investigations without coming undone.
As Danny teeters on the brink of personal destruction, her own family matters having reached a fever-pitch, she presses into the investigation with everything she's got. Danny and Carter follow perplexing clues that lead deeper into Brooklyn's elite society, and quickly learn that anyone can be bought for the right price.
Packed with twists and dark turns, Maniac presents a riveting tale of family secrets, homicidal justice, and the harrowing message that everyone is capable of murder. The third installment of The Kensington Killers can only be described as psychological suspense at its finest.
Maniac (The Kensington Killers, Book Three) will be released on March 20, 2024. Please sign up for my newsletter to be the first to know when this title is available!
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