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Cate Harlow Private Investigation #1
For I Have Sinned
Private investigator Cate Harlow finds herself involved in two cases that seemingly have nothing to do with each other; she soon discovers they may be bizarrely connected. While working the cold case of a boy who went missing ten years ago, she receives an early morning call from her ex-husband, a homicide detective, informing her about a recent murder; the horribly mutilated body of a priest, wearing only a clerical collar has just been found off of Interstate 95 in New York. The murder is eerily similar to a troublesome and unsolved casethat Cate worked on less than a year ago. The only difference between the two victims is that the second dead body has a hand-written message in Latin scrawled across the inside of the priestly collar; a message from Dante's Divine Comedy, "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." With the priests murders heavily on her mind, Cate's investigation into the missing boy leads her to the august office of a New Jersey archbishop who, she strongly believes, has been hiding pedophile priests for years by transferring them from one parish to another.When Cate discovers that there may be a solid connection between the priest murders and the missing person cold case, she puts her own life on the line to not only solve her cold case but bring a pedophile to justice."
- GenresThriller
253 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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About the author
Kristen Houghton
32 books19 followersKristen is the author of the best-selling series, A Cate Harlow Private Investigation series featuring FOR I HAVE SINNED and GRAVE MISGIVINGS
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"I love to connect with readers everywhere. It is a pleasure to "talk" to you. Contact me at the following:
Author page - www.kristenhoughton.com
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In a recent interview Kristen told Greg Archer of The Huffington Post about her love of writing.
"I was always a story-teller and that’s what writers do; we tell stories. I was the little girl who could keep her friends interested for a couple of hours by telling all different types of stories. I wrote my first story, "Bobby Jones and the Little Boat" when I was nine. My imagination was, and is, very fertile and active. In high school I created a sort of soap opera and, each day during study hall, I would hand out the next part of the story. I made sure to always leave a cliffhanger of sorts with each new part to stir up anticipation. I love the magic in writing and reading a good story.
My book shelf is eclectic: everything is there from the classics by Shakespeare, Austin and Dickens, to Victorian English dramas such as John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga, up to the classic horror of Stephen King and Anne Rice. I also love The Number One Ladies’ Detective Agency series and anything written by Amy Tan especially The Bonesetter’s Daughter. Reading, and writing, is my escape and my pleasure."
Kristen began her dream of writing while still actively teaching Linguistics on the secondary level.
Her first book, And Then I'll Be Happy!was published in 2009. No Woman Diets Alone-There's Always a Man Behind Her Eating a Doughnut followed in 2011, and Welcome to Hell was released in 2012.
Her short stories are featured in The Horror Zine Anthology book. She hopes her novels will touch readers with humor and poignancy, suspense and delight.
When not spending time with the made up characters in her head, Kristen enjoys ballet and jazz, spending time with her very patient husband, Alan, swimming, scuba diving and trying to live an endless summer.
Kristen is a philanthropist and tireless advocate for BroadwayBarks, North Shore Animal League,a no kill shelter, Shelters With Heart, a safe haven for victims of domestic violence and their pets, BroadwayCares Equity Fights Aids, and St. Jude Thanks and Giving. She is also involved as an empowerment mentor for the International Women's Health Coalition.
A California girl at heart, she and her husband, Alan reside in the New York City area which is "magical".
available now at all book venues
"I love to connect with readers everywhere. It is a pleasure to "talk" to you. Contact me at the following:
Author page - www.kristenhoughton.com
Twitter @kristenhoughton
Visit Kristen's profile on Pinterest.
Amazon:
USA: http://amzn.to/1wnGOhv
UK: http://amzn.to/X8WfLi
CA: http://amzn.to/1qOS9Ea
AU: http://amzn.to/1qOS9Ea
In a recent interview Kristen told Greg Archer of The Huffington Post about her love of writing.
"I was always a story-teller and that’s what writers do; we tell stories. I was the little girl who could keep her friends interested for a couple of hours by telling all different types of stories. I wrote my first story, "Bobby Jones and the Little Boat" when I was nine. My imagination was, and is, very fertile and active. In high school I created a sort of soap opera and, each day during study hall, I would hand out the next part of the story. I made sure to always leave a cliffhanger of sorts with each new part to stir up anticipation. I love the magic in writing and reading a good story.
My book shelf is eclectic: everything is there from the classics by Shakespeare, Austin and Dickens, to Victorian English dramas such as John Galsworthy’s The Forsyte Saga, up to the classic horror of Stephen King and Anne Rice. I also love The Number One Ladies’ Detective Agency series and anything written by Amy Tan especially The Bonesetter’s Daughter. Reading, and writing, is my escape and my pleasure."
Kristen began her dream of writing while still actively teaching Linguistics on the secondary level.
Her first book, And Then I'll Be Happy!was published in 2009. No Woman Diets Alone-There's Always a Man Behind Her Eating a Doughnut followed in 2011, and Welcome to Hell was released in 2012.
Her short stories are featured in The Horror Zine Anthology book. She hopes her novels will touch readers with humor and poignancy, suspense and delight.
When not spending time with the made up characters in her head, Kristen enjoys ballet and jazz, spending time with her very patient husband, Alan, swimming, scuba diving and trying to live an endless summer.
Kristen is a philanthropist and tireless advocate for BroadwayBarks, North Shore Animal League,a no kill shelter, Shelters With Heart, a safe haven for victims of domestic violence and their pets, BroadwayCares Equity Fights Aids, and St. Jude Thanks and Giving. She is also involved as an empowerment mentor for the International Women's Health Coalition.
A California girl at heart, she and her husband, Alan reside in the New York City area which is "magical".
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September 1, 2014
Kristen Houghton proves there is room for one more tough, sexy PI with the introduction of Cate Harlow, who takes her place alongside PI Warshawski and Stephanie Plum.
Houghton takes a lead from the headlines to discuss pedophilia in the priesthood. A year before the book opens, Cate found the body of a terribly mutilated man. The story is buried. In current time, she takes a job to find a teen who vanished ten years earlier. The missing person case is long cold, but Cate displays a soft heart for the downtrodden. She begins delving into what happened to the boy when her ex husband and homicide detective calls her in the middle of the night to come to a crime scene. There she sees the mutilated body of another man, this one wearing a priest's collar, a lot of blood and nothing else.
The new murder is eerily similar to the older one, although the first body wasn't identified as a priest. She is troubled by the collar and a Latin message written inside. Cate and Will, the ex, combine with Cate's current boyfriend who is the medical examiner to figure out what happened.
The book is fast paced, well written and brings to light a delightful character in Cate Harlow and a wonderful contrasting pair of lovers. This first in a series promises hours of page-turning reading.
Houghton takes a lead from the headlines to discuss pedophilia in the priesthood. A year before the book opens, Cate found the body of a terribly mutilated man. The story is buried. In current time, she takes a job to find a teen who vanished ten years earlier. The missing person case is long cold, but Cate displays a soft heart for the downtrodden. She begins delving into what happened to the boy when her ex husband and homicide detective calls her in the middle of the night to come to a crime scene. There she sees the mutilated body of another man, this one wearing a priest's collar, a lot of blood and nothing else.
The new murder is eerily similar to the older one, although the first body wasn't identified as a priest. She is troubled by the collar and a Latin message written inside. Cate and Will, the ex, combine with Cate's current boyfriend who is the medical examiner to figure out what happened.
The book is fast paced, well written and brings to light a delightful character in Cate Harlow and a wonderful contrasting pair of lovers. This first in a series promises hours of page-turning reading.
September 22, 2014
How would you feel if you were the victim of clerical abuse as a child? For I Have Sinned will rocket you through this world, with Cate Harlow leading the charge. While trying to solve the mystery of a decade old missing child case, Cate also becomes tangentially involved with the gruesome murder of two priests. Little does she know that she too will become a kidnapping victim as she interjects herself into solving the mystery of the murdered priests.
Houghton is a master at weaving these two stories into a tale about the disturbing world of child abuse by those who should be the most trusted. Put that together with the ever-charming character of Cate Harlow, and the result is a read you don’t want to overlook.
Darin Gibby, author of The Vintage Club
Houghton is a master at weaving these two stories into a tale about the disturbing world of child abuse by those who should be the most trusted. Put that together with the ever-charming character of Cate Harlow, and the result is a read you don’t want to overlook.
Darin Gibby, author of The Vintage Club
July 23, 2016
Well done, timely subject, good outcome. Will read next in series.
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