In this instantly cinematic and completely compelling thriller (Hank Phillippi Ryan), Detective Betty has only two weeks to take down her deadliest rival--this time for good.
The terrific adrenaline punch you'd expect for the grand finale of Kathleen Kent 's Edgar-nominated trilogy.
--Julia Heaberlin Things are looking up for Detective Betty Rhyzyk.
She's settled into a happy marriage and been promoted to Sergeant in the Dallas Police Department.
But when a hostage stand-off puts her on the phone with legendary cartel leader The Knife, things take a turn.
The Knife has heard a rival is making a play for the streets of Dallas--none other than Evangeline Roy.
The matriarch of a ruthless cult, Evangeline also happens to hold a personal vendetta against Betty.
So who better to draw Evangeline out of hiding? Betty's got two weeks to catch her.
Or else.
With Betty's young charge Mary Grace already missing--having left her seven-month-old baby behind in Betty's care--and the drug dealers of Dallas donning strange red wigs and delivering cryptic messages, Betty's in a race for answers.
With the clock ticking down, it will take everything she's got to finally put an end to Evangeline's reign of terror, and to keep her beloved Dallas--and her own family--safe at last.
I read this book in a compulsive binge .
Betty Rhyzyk won't soon be forgotten by crime readers.
--Sarah Weinman, New York Times Book Review Riveting.
-- The Washington Post A police procedural like none you've ever read.
--Hank Phillippi Ryan A thrilling last dance with the formidable Betty Rhyzyk.
--Steph Cha Detective Betty is one of my favorite queer characters in crime fiction.
The Pledge is fiery and propulsive.
--Kristen Lepionka About author(s): Kathleen Kent is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated The Dime and The Burn as well as three bestselling historical novels: The Heretic's Daughter, The Traitor's Wife, and The Outcasts .
Kent lives in Dallas, TX.
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