Desolation
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8 months ago, Brooke Riley hunted down and put Harold Payne in chains, but not without damaging herself. She had thought she was done with The Street Corner Killer, and that she could begin to move on and rebuild her life. She thought that it had all ended, but when a dead body turns up dead outside her own apartment, all suspicion points to Payne. There's only one question left for Detective Brooke Riley: victory or desolation?
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