Justice Served: a Barkley & Parker Thriller

Publisher Marketing: Male batterers of women are being beaten to death by a bat-wielding female vigilante. Each victim had recently been on trial for domestic violence-related charges, but was set free through plea bargains, technicalities, or acquittal. Two Portland Police Bureau Detectives--Sergeant Ray Barkley and his partner Detective Nina Parker--investigate the killings. Among the list of suspects is Criminal Court Judge Carole Cranston, who presided over the trials of all the victims and has dark secrets she is in no hurry to share. Barkley quickly develops an attraction to the beautiful Carole, and vice versa, even as the case heats up and more signs begin to point toward Carole as the serial killer the press has dubbed The Vigilante Batterer Killer. Nina, who had a brief affair with Barkley, is determined to prove Carole is the killer. But is she? As the body count rises, no one seems safe. That includes Barkley, who is targeted by the killer. Can he survive? Or will he be forced to take his turn at bat? Review Citations: Ingram Paperback Advance 07/01/2005 pg. 18 (EAN 9780843955620, Mass Market Paperbound) Contributor Bio:  Flowers, R Barri R. Barri Flowers is an award winning criminologist and the bestselling author of such true crime books as The Sex Slave Murders, Serial Killer Couples, The Dynamics of Murder, Masters of True Crime, Murder of the Banker's Daughter, and Murder at the Pencil Factory. The author is also a bestselling mystery and thriller fiction author, including titles, Fractured Trust, Before He Kills Again, Dark Streets of Whitechapel, Murder in Honolulu, and State's Evidence. Follow R. Barri Flowers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Goodreads, LibraryThing, and YouTube. Learn more about the author on Wikipedia and www.rbarriflowers.com.