Kevin Brodie Mysteries

After Stephen Atcheson was fired from UCLA's Young Research Library, no one expected that he'd resurface - literally - floating in the Stone Canyon Reservoir with a bullet hole in the back of his head. It falls on the LAPD to solve the case, and it falls on Kevin Brodie and Jamilah Daly to deal with Stephen's mom and sister. Mom is grieving. Sister, not so much. Kevin has to set aside his dislike of Stephen to comfort Mom while Jamilah tries to figure out why Sister is so squirrely. Where is Stephen's alleged girlfriend? Was his script really in production? Will PayPal respond to a search warrant? And will the new cost-cutting District Attorney end Kevin and Jamilah's partnership?

Who killed Chase and Kara Blackwood? Chase and Kara seemed like the perfect couple - happily married, doting parents, successful careers, good neighbors. But when social worker and victim advocate Kevin Brodie takes on the rest of the Blackwood family as clients, he discovers that the perfect couple was not so perfect. As Kevin begins to uncover Chase and Kara's secrets, he works with Jon Eckhoff, Susan Portman, and Rob Jones to figure out which of those secrets might have led to murder.While Kevin is assigned solely to the Blackwoods, Jamilah Daly is holding down the fort at the Bureau of Victim Services, juggling thirty cases and trying to stay a step ahead of District Attorney Camille Kellerman. The DA is no fan of Victim Services, and particularly dislikes the homicide specialty within the Bureau. Are Kevin and Jamilah's days at BVS numbered? And if so, what comes next?

After eighteen years with the Los Angeles Police Department, Kevin Brodie is starting his new career as a social worker with the District Attorney's Bureau of Victim Services. He's meshing with his new partner, Jamilah Daly, and his first client encounter goes well. Life is good...except he can't figure out why Jon Eckhoff's victim looks familiar.Jon's first case as a Homicide Special detective is a French artist named Genevieve Lemieux, strangled and tossed into a ravine near the Getty Museum. According to the French Consulate, Genevieve hasn't been to the U.S. since 2002. Who would want Genevieve dead? One of the art gallery owners with whom she's been negotiating? One of the rotating cast of young men seen with her in newspaper photos?When Jon learns that Genevieve was born in California and has changed her name, Kevin realizes why she looks familiar. That realization leads Kevin and Jon to a man who Kevin never dreamed he'd see again. But is the man also a victim? Or is he a killer?