Robert Andrews Books In Order

Kearney and Phelps Books In Order

  1. A Murder of Honor (2001)
  2. A Murder Of Promise (2002)
  3. A Murder of Justice (2004)

Novels

  1. Center Game (1989)
  2. Last Spy Out (1991)
  3. Death in a Promised Land (1993)
  4. The Towers (1996)

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A Murder of Honor

In the world of cops, drive by killings don’t rank high on the popularity charts. They’re usually random, and barring credible witnesses, they largely go unsolved. So when Father Robert O’Brien, a popular Washington priest with a high public profile, is murdered in a drive by shooting, D.C. police aren’t beating down doors to get the case. Homicide detectives Frank Kearney and Jos Phelps have been members of the force for twenty five years, partners from the start. They’re smart cops smart enough to know they’ve been played for patsies when the O’Brien murder lands in their laps. This is payback time for two cops who’ve been a little too brash, a little too independent. But what appears to be a motiveless drive by in a city with one of the nation’s highest homicide rates soon turns into a dirtier, far more complex case involving corrupt politicians, self serving media, warring drug lords, millions of dollars in questionable cash and more murder. As Frank and Jos dig deeper, fending off the police bureaucracy and meddling politicos, it becomes increasingly clear that this case might cost them more than their careers. It might cost them their lives.

A Murder Of Promise

When legendary Washington Post reporter Mary Keegan is found murdered, homicide detectives Frank Kearney and Jose Phelps pull up the file on another open case. There as here, the victim was a female who had been hacked to death in a public park. And there is one other link: each was missing a little finger, a grisly souvenir perhaps the calling card of a serial killer. When, a week later, a third woman is found in similar circumstances, they’re sure of it. Kearney and Phelps are certain the killer will strike again and know they’re working against time. Using the best evidence modern forensics and computer science can supply and the good guesswork twenty five years of homicide investigations have sharpened, they begin to see some patterns, but not enough to connect up the dots. Then the finger of one of the victims is found sealed inside a plastic baggie in a raided crack house. Cutting corners, pulling in favors, they track the evidence back to what they believe will be the killer, only to find he is one step ahead of them. In a climactic nightmare chase, Kearney races to save the person dearest to him as he faces off against a cunning homicidal maniac.

Death in a Promised Land

CIA agent Bradford Sims discovers an explosive secret linking James Earl Ray, the man convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr., with both the KGB and the CIA.

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