Revenge (Book 1, the Redemption Series)

Jake Bryant, a disgraced Chicago detective, inserts himself into the police investigation of his murdered best friend to protect the woman he loves - his friend's widow.

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Jake Bryant, a disgraced Chicago PD detective, rushes home after he learns of his best friend's murder. Desperate to redeem himself in the eyes of the woman he loves - the widow of his murdered best friend - he makes it his mission to catch the killer even if that means inserting himself into a police investigation where he's far from welcome. But when the murderer is identified and slips through the fingers of the court system, Jake is faced with the ultimate moral dilemma. Does he let the man get away with the crime or exact his own kind of vigilante justice?

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