And Grant You Peace (A Joe Burgess Mystery, Book 4)

By Kate Flora

When a boy raps on Detective Burgess's car window summoning him to a burning commercial building now serving as a mosque, Burgess rushes through the intensifying flames to rescue a screaming woman and her baby locked in a closet.

The young mother survives, but suffers traumatic muteness. Autopsy shows the infant was gravely ill, suggesting someone was trying to keep mother and child away from hospitals that might have asked questions.

Questioning suspicious‚ uncooperative refugees‚ members of a motorcycle gang‚ and shady businessmen‚ results in threats to Burgess's family, newly grown by two adopted children.

Burgess persists, certain that finding justice for the child and mute mother will solve everything, until a witnesses draws him and his team into a building... booby-trapped to explode.

AWARDS:
Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction

REVIEWS:
"Flora pours on the intensity in this criminal, legal and moral maze." ~Kirkus Reviews

"It's the richness of characterization, refreshing dialogue, and startlingly good writing that recommend Flora's novel." ~Booklist

THE JOE BURGESS MYSTERIES, in series order
Playing God
The Angel of Knowlton Park
Redemption
And Grant You Peace

• Language: English
• Publisher: ePublishing Works
• Release date: Jan 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781614178224

Kate Flora

When she’s not writing or teaching at Grub Street in Boston, Flora is in her garden, waging a constant battle against critters, pests, and her husband’s lawn mower. She’s been married for 35 years to a man who still makes her laugh. She has two wonderful sons, a movie editor and a scientist, two lovely daughters-in-law, and four rescue “granddogs,” Frances, Otis, Harvey, and Daisy. You can follow her on Twitter @kateflora or at Facebook.com/kate.flora.92.