Theresa Schwegel Boeken

Als een agente wordt beschuldigd van het neerschieten van haar eigen collega, wil ze weten wat er werkelijk is gebeurd.

»Tough Crime aus Chicago« Detective Craig McHugh vom Chicago PD ist als Undercover-Agent auf eine chinesische Drogen-Gang angesetzt worden. Als seine 17-jährige Tochter anfängt, Ecstasy zu schlucken, gerät die ganze Familie unversehens in einen Strudel aus Angst und Gewalt. Denn der Stoff stammt von genau der Gang, die Craig gerade hochnehmen will. Und was noch explosiver ist: Seine Tarnung droht aufzufliegen … Die packende Story einer Polizistenfamilie, die immer mehr unter Druck gerät.

Officer Ray Weiss is a cop's son, a cop's grandson. All he's ever wanted is to follow in their footsteps. But when he finds out what the senior officers in Chicago's District 20 have in store for him and the other rookies as "initiation" into their brotherhood, he has to make a choice. Ray's senior partner, Jack Fiore, asks him to break into a jewelry store and steal a few pieces. It's just a little fun---especially because they're set up to be the first cops on-scene to "discover" the crime. No one gets hurt, and everybody's happy: Fiore gets the jewelry, Ray gets to be one of the boys, and the store owner gets his insurance money. Ray doesn't want to do it, but Fiore leaves him no alternative. . . . It all goes wrong when Ray breaks into the store and finds a corpse instead of his promised reward. Coincidence, or was that part of the setup, payback for being a reluctant rookie? And it doesn't end there, because Detective Sloane Pearson is on the case, and if Ray doesn't help her look for the killer, she might discover him. Probable Cause is another gripping read from Theresa Schwegel, the Edgar Award--winning author of Officer Down, whose portrayal of cop culture is as authentic as it comes.

Samantha Mack, detta Smack, del Ventiduesimo Distretto della polizia di Chicago, riceve una telefonata dal suo capo, MacInerny, mentre è pronta per una cena romantica con Mason, un collega sposato. L'agente Wade, un ipocondriaco, ha l'influenza e non c'è nessuno da mettere al suo posto. Così, Smack si precipita al Distretto, dove scopre che il suo compagno di pattuglia è Fred Maloney, il suo ex, che l'aveva lasciata per una finta bionda. Quella notte, Fred ha una personale resa dei conti con Marko Trovic, un gangster evaso che ha un debole per le bambine. Dopo aver ricevuto una soffiata, Fred e Smack si dirigono verso Clark Street, dove si nasconde Trovic. Arrivati davanti a una bivilla di Rogers Park, entrano armati e nel buio. La situazione degenera rapidamente: due spari risuonano e Fred si accascia a terra, rivelando di aver trovato Trovic. Mentre Smack cerca di reagire, viene colpita alla testa e sviene. Si risveglia in ospedale, realizzando che Fred è morto e che la perizia balistica indica che il proiettile che lo ha ucciso proviene dalla sua arma. Samantha Mack è in grave pericolo…