L.A. Franco Detective

Meet Lieutenant L.A. Franco-better known as Frank-who commands Homicide Squad #93 in the gang-ravaged central Los Angeles area.Described by one of her detectives as "Dirty Harry's personality stuffed into Martina Navratilova's body," Frank allows nothing into her bruised personal life except music, football, booze and exercise-all her drugs of choice. And just when she needs them the most, they are all about to fail her…The first book in the critically acclaimed L.A. Franco series, Bleeding Out introduces Frank and author Baxter Clare to readers everywhere. Lieutenant L.A. Franco-better known as Frank.

Detective L. A. Franco is back!For Frank, L.A.P.D. Homicide Lieutenant L. A. Franco and her homicide squad, it's business as usual-a multiple murder, ugly as it is, at least seems to have an easy explanation. Until it coincides with an untimely drive-by shooting.The drive-by victim is Placa Estrella, a rising young Chicana gang-banger. Placa was a toddler on the streets when Franco was just a rookie, and for her Placa's death is personal. The murder appears to be a routine gang hit, but as Frank tracks every lead to it's logical conclusion, it becomes apparent that this case is anything but routine.The investigation ultimately pulls Frank and her squad in conflicting directions while drawing Frank closer to the county's new Chief Coroner, Gail Lawless. Through a series of twists and turns, all of Frank's leads eventually bring her to the disquieting possibility that the killer she seeks might well be one of own brothers in blue. Lieutenant L.A. Franco-better known as Frank.

Lieutenant Franco faces a psychotic killer.Case closures are up and homicide rates are down for LAPD's 93rd Homicide Squad. " Frank" , Lieutenant L.A. Franco, is revitalizing her depleted detective crew while quietly mending private scars. And Frank is about to need all the back she can muster as she faces her own personal demons while trying not to jeopardize her developing relationship with Gail.When a corner hustler turns up dead with a headless rooster in his lap, Frank realizes she's up against Mother Love-Jones, renowned psychic, drug dealer and santerí a priestess.Soon Frank becomes inexorably pulled into Mother Love's ambush. Heedless of the warnings around her, Frank plunges into battle with Mother Love and her violent minions: A battle as dark and deadly as the ancient bloodied sands from which it sprang. Lieutenant L.A. Franco-better known as Frank.

LAPD Homicide Lieutenant L. A. "Frank" Franco is back in the latest installment of the popular Detective Franco Mystery series.Six years ago, Lieutenant L. A. Franco's partner, Detective Noah Jantzen, investigated the case of a double homicide of two innocent children. Unable to close the case, the two murdered children haunted Noah for years…Now that case is haunting Frank, who must cope with the loss of her dear friend and right-hand man. Unwilling to deal with her grief, Franco buries herself in obsessive work, rigid denial and bottle after bottle of her favorite alcoholic beverage. Frank's refusal to mourn her old friend strains her business relationships and more importantly, the romantic relationship with the county's Chief Coroner.Focused only on solving the cold case of the murdered children, can Frank see the cost to those around her…and the risk to her own life? Lieutenant L.A. Franco-better known as Frank.

Francis M. Franco. Shot for three bucks and change. The only witness, his ten-year-old daughter.Thirty-five years later, that daughter is LAPD Lieutenant L.A. Franco. Tired of running, Frank realizes it's time to either face the past or die by its long hand. In an effort to quiet her demons she returns home, to New York's Lower East Side. But the journey intended to rest old ghosts only resurrects them.While visiting her mother's grave Frank is stunned to discover a lead in her father's long-unsolved murder. Aided by NYPD Detective Annie Silvester, Frank follows the lone clue down the unlit steps of memory to a final, unthinkable resolution.In End of Watch, L.A. Franco at last kneels before Fate and in so doing becomes its master. Lieutenant L.A. Franco-better known as Frank.