Michael A. Black is a retired police officer who has worked in various capacities in police work including patrol supervisor, SWAT team leader, plain clothes tactical sergeant, and investigations. He is the author of Hostile Takeovers, A Killing Frost, Random Victim, and Windy City Knights. He lives in Chicago.
"A fast-paced crime story that has devious crimes, weird scientific
experiments, a Canadian twist, and a cross-border romance. Gets you
inside the police station to see how the real cops do it.
Intriguing, suspenseful, and entertaining right to the end" --John
Eldridge, author, Second Careers for Street Cops
"Besides being a page-turner that's impossible to put down, Blood
Trails has a quality that stands out in all of Black's police
procedurals--and that is the you-are-there, visceral authenticity
the city streets." --Raymond Benson, author, Die Another Day
"In Blood Trails author Michael A. Black takes us on a wild ride
from past to present, delivering a plot with more twists and turns
than a high-speed chase. A satisfying, engaging journey from start
to finish, this latest from former law enforcement officer Black is
based on a chilling premise and chock-full of convincing characters
that ring true. A hands-down winner of a read!" --Ann Parker,
author, Silver Lies
"Michael A. Black has made a name for himself delivering one
sure-handed thriller after another. Blood Trails is no exception.
From the riveting opening scene to the satisfying final page, the
pace never lets up." --William Kent Krueger, author, Ordinary
Grace
"Michael A. Black knows Chicago, like a lover, a best friend, his
mirror-self. He's intimate with its streets, all their magnificence
and their shadowy grittiness, too. He's memorized the city's
mysteries, and he plays with them as the backdrop for Blood Trails.
Detective Roger Colby and his partner Fred Dix prowl the dark heart
of the city in pursuit of a serial killer, believed to be copying
the slayings of a man they imprisoned years before. He leads them
in a deadly dance, through a story within a story, before
Colby--cop-turned-novelist--can write the final chapter. Michael A.
Black knows the city, and knows cops...Chicago cops; he used to be
one of them. He also knows how to write a damn fine procedural."
--Jean Rabe, author, Downfall
"There's nothing like a good cop story, and Michael A. Black's
Blood Trails delivers the tension and the thrills that keep us up
late. Black brings us rich characters: an overzealous retired
detective and a timid new one; a scientist trying to play God and
wily killers on the loose; an ambitious newswoman and the cop--Rog
Colby--whose sharp wit and willingness to jump through bureaucratic
hoops carry the day. Black writes with the confidence only an
experienced law enforcement professional can bring to this
multilayered thriller, moving deftly from one layer to another
until the breathtaking denouement." --Camille Minichino, author,
The Lithium Murder
"Beware reader, Michael A. Black's newest thriller will have you by
the throat by the time you've finished the second page. From there
it only accelerates. Don't say you weren't warned." --Lt. Dave
Case, author, Out of Cabrini
"Ron Shade is a great addition to the world of private eyes. His
life and his first case show the depth and texture of a mature
writer. His creator, a long-time Chicago area police officer,
brings the same inside knowledge of police investigations and
politics readers get from Joseph Wambaugh." --Sara Paretsky on A
Killing Frost
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