In Code Four, Frank Zafiro and Colin Conway team up to bring you the explosive final installment in the Tyler Garrett saga… this is where it ends!
The last two years have been tumultuous ones for the Spokane Police Department. On the surface, the agency has suffered from scandal and police officer deaths. Underneath, a secret and deadly game of cat and mouse has played out.
Now the Department of Justice has sent investigators to determine if federal intervention is needed. Their presence disrupts everyone’s agenda and threatens to expose dark secrets. Goals shift from winning situations to simply surviving.
Not everyone will.
In this tense and explosive final installment of the Tyler Garrett saga, everyone’s true nature is laid bare. Garrett scrambles to maintain what he has built. Chief Baumgartner tries to protect his department. Captain Farrell’s plans crumble around him, and Officer Ray Zielinski’s career is at risk. Meanwhile, DOJ supervisor Édelie Durand diligently follows the facts where they lead. And through it all, the unflappable Detective Clint keeps his eyes firmly on the prize—Officer Tyler Garrett.
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Reviews:
“Frank Zafiro knows cops and he knows the streets—especially my streets. With Code Four, he and Colin Conway have written a timely and compelling crime novel.”
– Jess Walter, Edgar Award-winning author of Citizen Vince and The Cold Millions.
“Code Four is a tightly written procedural laying bare the infectious reach of corruption when officers believe the ends justify the means. Loaded with authentic detail, Frank Zafiro and Colin Conway deliver a thrilling, and heart-pounding conclusion to the Charlie-316 series. Fans of Connelly, Slaughter, and Coffin won’t want to miss this one.”
– James L’Etoile,critically acclaimed author of AT WHAT COST and BURY THE PAST
“Top-notch crime fiction. Conway and Zafiro have penned a realistic tale of murder, corruption, politics, and greed. But at its heart Code Four is a personal and brutally honest look at the men and women of law enforcement. Those who walk a razor edge between right and wrong and risk everything for justice.”
– Bruce Robert Coffin, award-winning author of the Detective Byron mysteries
“Code Four is a must-read in the canon of modern police procedurals. From personal vendettas to consent decrees, Conway and Zafiro don’t shy from the inherent paradox to police work—that justice isn’t so cut and dry as we’d like to believe. We humans may be the only species that writes and enforces laws, but we’re not immune to savagery or misjudgment or corruption. Code Four is an authentic look at people who are cops…not cops masquerading as people.”
– Matt Phillips, author of Countdown and Accidental Outlaws
“The real deal. Emphasis on real.”
– Colin Campbell, Author of the Jim Grant Thrillers
“Code Four is a riveting tale of an unsanctioned police investigation into one of its own. Simmering suspense builds to a thrilling climax that will keep crime fiction fans on edge and reading long into the night. A timely and recommended read.”
– Brenda Chapman, author of the Stonechild and Rouleau police procedural series
“Conway and Zafiro, two men who’ve worn the badge, have capped their gritty police procedural Charlie 316 series the only way they could have: with booming escalation. All at once engaging, authentic and driving, they give the reader insight into the reality of cops’ lives with the added extremity of the series’ drama. See what comes from guys who’ve done the job and are now writing about the most riveting parts of it.”
– Ryan Sayles, author of Together They Were Crimson and the Richard Dean Buckner series
“Code Four is a body slam to traditional procedurals with a taut line of suspense and an unblinking look at the inner workings of a major police department. The signal “code four” means “situation under control.” With this cleverly ironic title, Zafiro and Conway demonstrate that spiraling bureaucracy, corruption, and a DOJ investigation challenge the very concept of control. Code Four is a truthful tour de force of real police work.”
– Gray Basnight, author of Madness of the Q.
“Relentless and compelling, Code Four grabs your heart and batters it with a powerful, disturbing and headline-real story of crime and police work, public and private politics and pure procedural mystery. Authors and former police officers Colin Conway and Frank Zafiro are the best cop writers on duty today. Code Four, like the others in their compelling Charlie-316 series, hits with the shock and brutality of a brick through your windshield. Tight storytelling as hard and harsh as typewriters dropped on your head. Not a wasted word or a dishonest scene in this fourth – and last? – in the most realistic and entertaining police series outside the 87th Precinct. Characters you’ll miss when it’s over and some you’d want a thousand miles and a prison wire away. A violent and unforgettable tale of the pull of corruption and the power of truth.”
– Mark Bergin, author of Apprehension
“A more than worthy finale to an outstanding series. Like all great endings, I put down the book with the idea these people’s lives were continuing, but I wasn’t going to get to see them anymore.”
– Dana King, two-time Shamus Award nominee and author of the Penns River novels
“For those who like their mystery/thrillers filled with plenty of action and intrigue and a realistic edge (reminiscent of Joseph Wambaugh police-procedurals), look no further than Conway and Zafiro. These two write with authority, because they actually worked the job.”
– Robin Burcell —New York Times Bestselling author of The Last Good Place and Wrath of Poseidon
“Colin Conway and Frank Zafiro’s Code Four is the fourth volume in their Charlie 316 police procedural series. According to the book Code 4 is “a radio code issued by police officers to indicate everything is under control and officers are now in charge of the situation they were dispatched to,” but despite the code in the title things are anything but settled. It’s more like Code 3 – urgent, respond quickly with sirens and lights – to try to ferret out corrupt cops before the Department of Justice slaps a consent decree on the Spokane Police Department. Detective Wardell Clint – don’t call him Ward – conducts a secret investigation that will either clean up and clear the department or bury it. This tale of drugs, money, corruption and a cop who gets away with murder, could be torn straight from today’s headlines. Almost nobody’s clean and everyone’s got an agenda, from the cops and crooks to the politicians and DOJ operatives. Police work and politics are intertwined like the DNA double helix in a morass of quicksand. Written by two insiders, two cops, how deep does the corruption go in this fast-paced police procedural thriller? The story grabs you and doesn’t let go till you find out who wins – if anyone. Give it a read Code 3 and find out.”
– Paul D. Marks, Shamus Award-Winning Author of White Heat and The Blues Don’t Care
“A fitting finale to Conway and Zafiro’s series of incisive police procedurals, Charlie-316 pulls you in from the first page. It is both timely and terrifying in its portrayal of police brutality and corruption.”
– Richie Narvaez, author of Noiryorican
“Code Four is a hard-hitting, complex, and unsettling read.”
– Cynthia Kuhn, author of the Agatha Award-winning Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries
“This terrific police procedural explores what lies beneath the surface. An intriguing wrap-up to a suspenseful series.”
– John Shepphird, Shamus Award-winning author
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