M Lee Patterson

A Jennifer Cahill Trilogy M Lee Patterson

In the first part of the trilogy, At the Scene of the Crime, Jennifer Cahill inadvertently ends up on a wild ride through the streets of Chicago and area, working with the police to track down a killer. Will Jennifer's lack of experience help or hinder the police investigation?In Emeralds in the Rough, Jennifer Cahill is hired on at the Chicago Police department as a probationary officer. Jennifer's Training Officer Brenda Kennedy, has a dark secret that only her family knows about, and she is doing everything she can to keep it that way. Brenda's life and career is in the balance, after a drug bust goes down in a warehouse leased by The Emeralds, a criminal organization from Ireland growing roots in Chicago. Jennifer's first assignment as a police officer, in Murder in the School Yard, is to interview potential witnesses in the neighborhood with her new partner Nick Prentice, after a teacher is found murdered at Frank Chase Middle School. Jennifer chases down a car thief, who is eventually arrested, but what happens after that turns her world upside down. Jennifer's association with the leader of the car theft ring could jeopardize her career and her life.