Dead Lies

Former Nypd Cop Anna Valentine Just Landed Her First Homicide Case—the Grisly Double Murder Of A Wealthy Young Couple. But It Couldn’t Have Come At A Worse Time. Recovering From Recent Personal Tragedies, The Young Police Officer Just Moved With Her Traumatized Child To The Suburbs Where She Hoped To Pursue A Quiet Life And Heal. To Complicate Matters, Although She’s Sworn Off Men Until She And Her Son Are Happy And Whole Again, Anna Feels The Pull Of Attraction To The Handsome Twin Brother Of One Of The Victims, A Man Who Has Yet To Be Crossed Off The Suspect List. Teaming Up With Lead Detective Jerry Kreeger, A 57 Year-old Veteran Cop Who’s Lonely, Broke, And Close To Burn Out, Anna Chases A Crafty Killer And Ultimately Exposes A Family’s Shocking Secrets That Will Rock A Town. Police officer Anna Valentine, the heroine of Loening's uneven first novel, gave up her job with the NYPD after a tragic accident and moved with her troubled young son to work in a posh New Jersey suburb. Now she's just been assigned her first homicide-the Christmas Day slaying of a wealthy husband and wife. Hopes for healing and a quiet life are further complicated by her powerful attraction to the successful and sensitive brother of one of the victims.