It Started With a Murder (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798295475801)

When a teenage girl is murdered on The Saber-Ocean View's most dangerous stretch of street-Detective Michael Tough is pulled into a hunt for a killer who is always one step ahead. But nothing prepares him for Becky Conway, a heroin-addicted prostitute whose heartbreaking involvement in the case will change both of their lives forever.

As more young women vanish and bodies begin to appear, Michael uncovers a disturbing pattern-one that suggests there may be not one, but two predators stalking the city. Each new clue drags him deeper into a web of violence, exploitation, corruption, and betrayal.

For Becky, survival means facing the brutal world she's been trapped in since she was a girl. For Michael, solving the case means risking everything-including his career and his sense of justice-to protect the vulnerable woman who becomes central to the investigation...and to his heart.

Gritty, emotional, and intensely suspenseful, It Started With a Murder is a gripping crime thriller about broken lives, second chances, and the unexpected paths that lead us home.