A River City Crime Novel #5
It is December 1999, and the spectre of Y2K hangs over the police department.
More menacing yet, officers respond to a hate-fueled home invasion robbery. As the entirety of the River City Police Department prepare for possible chaos when the calendar turns over to the year 2000, they also must stop a gang of white supremacists who plan to use that same chaos to mask their biggest crime yet.
Meanwhile, Officer Katie MacLeod falls under the suspicion of Internal Affairs. Officer Thomas Chisolm tries to keep the remnants of his platoon intact. Officer Connor O’Sullivan mourns the loss of his partner while he tries to care for the fallen officer’s family. In spite of these significant, real life struggles on and off the job, the men and women of RCPD strive to stop the brutal robberies, to do what is right, and to survive.
Takes place in 1999.
Author’s Note: The fourth River City novel was published in 2011, and I didn’t get to the fifth one until 2018. So while just a year and a half passed in River City, seven years passed in my world. Yet, when I came back to River City and explored these characters again, it was like I never left.
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REVIEWS:
“Reminiscent of the “Old Hill Street Blues” television series, these books, as well as the numerous short story collections, showcase the job and the lives of all those involved. The author has a decade of experience as a police officer and uses that knowledge to illustrate the issues that police officers face on daily basis. Though the book is set in 1999, the same issues of budgetary problems, racism, and the appropriate use of force, among others, are just as relevant to the world of today. While The Menace of the Years: A River City Novel is the fifth in the series and does include some brief mentions of earlier events in the series, this book could easily be read by those who have not experienced the previous very good reads.
The Menace of the Years: A River City Novel is strongly recommended as are the other books in this series.”
— Kevin Tipple, independent reviewer
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