Desperate Season — Maryann Miller

The long-anticipated third book in the Seasons Mystery Series from award-winning author Maryann Miller.Children dying is a cop's worst nightmare. Throw drugs in the mix, and the nightmare gets worse. Dallas Homicide Detectives, Angel Johnson and Sarah Kingsly, who are still trying to sort out their partnership, race to stop the influx of a nasty new street drug that is killing kids as young as ten. Those kids should be playing in the park, not dying in it.Who owns the streets of Dallas?Can the detectives take them back before more kids die?PRAISE FOR THE SEASONS SERIES: Try this debut mystery by a journalist for its open treatment of current urban problems, clean prose, and realistic depiction of women working together. For readers who enjoy Robin Burcell and fans of police procedurals. Library Journal . . . gripping second mystery featuring Dallas, Tex., police detectives Sarah Kingsly and Angel Johnson. . . . The relationship between the women is just as absorbing as the search for the killer. Few readers will anticipate the closing twist. Starred review for STALKING SEASON from Publishers Weekly.