The big question what would you do to save someone in mortal danger? As demonstrated here, this is a recurring theme in modern crime fiction. In Eric Stone's Flight of the Hombill, hero Ray Sharp discovers that he is powerless to protect his female acquaintances in Indonesia, where women have little value. Zoe Sharp's Third Strike presents professional bodyguard Charlie Fox and her partner teaming up against well-trained killers who are terrorizing her parents. In Robin Burcell's The Face of a Killer, FBI forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick must acknowledge 20 years later that she could do nothing to save her murdered father. And there is Kate Flora's homicide detective, Joe Burgess, who in The Angel of Knowlton Park seeks justice for a dead child who never had a chance in life. These mysteries will wring your heart and stir your sensibilities.
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