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Chalk Line

by Paula LaRocque
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Chief of Detectives Ben Gallagher thinks life will once again be rosy when his younger brother Andrew is released from prison. But, on the very day Andrew is set free, the brothers discover the body of a lifelong friend, and the murder launches Ben on a fast slide from his revered rule of law. He is soon ordered to stay away from the case, but the closer he gets, the surer he becomes that a family member is somehow implicated. Torn between loyalties, he embarks on a race that takes him thousands of miles and a couple of decades away, leading to a cold case in the north—and a killer no one would ever suspect.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Ben Gallagher Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 3, 2011

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

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      • ISBN: 9781936863259

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781936863259
      • File size: 1303 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 25, 2011
      LaRocque's uneven debut introduces Arlington, Tex., chief of detectives Ben Gallagher. Ben is looking forward to a better time for his immediate family with the release of his brother, Andrew, after a decade behind bars at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for manslaughter. Attorney Dayton Slaughter, a close family friend and the brothers' father figure, has just bought a Dallas apartment building for Andrew to manage, but on the day of Andrew's homecoming, Slaughter is found shot to death in Ben's home. Despite Ben's deeply personal connection to the case, Ben winds up driving the investigation to determine who of the many people that wished the lawyer ill took his life. While the Gallagher brothers come across as fully realized characters, others do not, and the competent prose only partially compensates for a weak plot. LaRocque is also the author of The Book on Writing and other nonfiction works.

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  • English

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