Nightbeat: A Bailey and Knowles Mystery

by Roxann Davis, Maureen Moore (Illustrations), Matthew Cavanaugh (Photographs)

In this absorbing debut novel, a string of violent murders of prostitutes in Quinton, Massachusetts is consuming all of award-winning crime reporter Devon Bailey’s attention as she covers the murders for the Quinton Herald. While her work occupies her every hour, it also helps her move on after the end of her marriage to Ellis Priest. But when Priest leaves a desperate message on her phone from the county jail where he’s being held on suspicion of murder of professional photographer, Carlos Marks, she can’t just let him sit there without finding out what happened. Bailey and Ari Knowles, the first openly lesbian police officer in the Quinton Police Department, are brought into an uneasy alliance as Bailey continues her investigative reporting on the prostitute murders while quietly trying to clear her husband of the Marks murder. An encounter with a known prostitute, a stealth visit to the Marks crime scene, and some alleged compromising photos of Bailey, lead her and Knowles to some disturbing connections that prove both risky and life-threatening.

314 pages, Paperback

Published March 28, 2017