Broken Shields: A Kat Booker Mystery

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To the department, she’s a traitor. To the city's elite, she’s a threat. To a killer, she’s the next target.

IA Detective Kat Booker knows that in Tideview, loyalty is thicker than blood—and just as messy. When a fellow officer is murdered, the department demands a closed case. But the evidence is too clean, the suspects too perfect, and the silence from the precinct is deafening.

As she peels back layers of systemic rot, the trail leads her back to the one place she swore she’d never return: the same dock where, twelve years ago, she lost everything.

Kat isn’t just hunting a killer anymore—she’s hunting the puppet masters of the city itself. With the Police Chief closing ranks and the Mayor pulling the strings, Kat is no longer just an investigator; she’s a target. In a department where loyalty is bought and silence is survival, she must face a truth that cuts deeper than any bullet: the tragedy of her past wasn’t an accident—it was betrayal.

In a city of broken shields, the truth is the only weapon she has left.