Author: jdcary

The body of a young woman is found in the marshes of L.A.’s Ballona Creek. As with most murders Detectives John Testarossa and Alex Ortiz are asked to solve, this one makes no sense.When a second body is found, and then a third, the only thing the young victims have in common is that, as children, each went missing for four nightmarish days.And then they were released. Alive.As more dead women … Alive.As more dead women turn up, the detectives must navigate some of the city’s darkest history while racing to save the next potential victim and get into the…

Things are never what they seem; especially in police work. John Testarossa is an LAPD cop with an NYPD attitude who has seen it all. The dead, the dying and the decomposing are all in a day’s work for the red-headed Italian from Brooklyn. After an arm rolls up on a Santa Monica beach, and the dead body to which the arm was once attached is discovered, John and his partner, Alex Ortiz, enter the … Alex Ortiz, enter the world of college sports, athletes, and the illegal drugs that enhance their performance. Rage and revenge come together in a…