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"Tracy seems to have found her literary sweet spot." —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

New York Times
bestseller P. J. Tracy returns with Deep into the Dark, a brand new series set in LA and featuring up-and-coming LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan and murder suspect Sam Easton.

Sam Eastona true survivoris home from Afghanistan, trying to rebuild a life in his hometown of LA. Separated from his wife, bartending and therapy sessions are what occupy his days and nights. When friend and colleague Melody Traeger is beaten by her boyfriend, she turns to Sam for help. When the boyfriend turns up dead the next day, a hard case like Sam is the perfect suspect.
But LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan, whose brother recently died serving overseas, is sympathetic to Sam's troubles, and can't quite see him as a killer. She's more interested in the secrets Melody might be keeping and the developments in another murder case on the other side of town.
Set in an LA where real people live and work—not the superficial LA of Beverly Hills or the gritty underbelly of the city—Deep into the Dark features two really engaging, dynamic main characters and explores the nature of obsession, revenge, and grief.
P. J. Tracy is known for her "fast, fresh, and funny" characters (Harlan Coben) and her "sizzling" plots (People); the Monkeewrench series was her first, set in Minneapolis and co-written with her mother. Now with Deep into the Dark she's on her ownand it's a home run.

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"Tracy seems to have found her literary sweet spot." —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

New York Times
bestseller P. J. Tracy returns with Deep into the Dark, a brand new series set in LA and featuring up-and-coming LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan and murder suspect Sam Easton.

Sam Eastona true survivoris home from Afghanistan, trying to rebuild a life in his hometown of LA. Separated from his wife, bartending and therapy sessions are what occupy his days and nights. When friend and colleague Melody Traeger is beaten by her boyfriend, she turns to Sam for help. When the boyfriend turns up dead the next day, a hard case like Sam is the perfect suspect.
But LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan, whose brother recently died serving overseas, is sympathetic to Sam's troubles, and can't quite see him as a killer. She's more interested in the secrets Melody might be keeping and the developments in another murder case on the other side of town.
Set in an LA where real people live and work—not the superficial LA of Beverly Hills or the gritty underbelly of the city—Deep into the Dark features two really engaging, dynamic main characters and explores the nature of obsession, revenge, and grief.
P. J. Tracy is known for her "fast, fresh, and funny" characters (Harlan Coben) and her "sizzling" plots (People); the Monkeewrench series was her first, set in Minneapolis and co-written with her mother. Now with Deep into the Dark she's on her ownand it's a home run.

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      • content: "The author of the award-winning "Monkeewrench" novels launches a new L.A.-based series with an intense, unforgettable novel that focuses on the predators and prey that thrive in the city. The intricately plotted story handles Easton's PTSD with compassion while revealing his disturbing torment. Three complex characters, Sam, Melody, and Detective Nolan, are introduced in a gripping story for thriller fans."
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      • source: Publishers Weekly
      • content: "[A] riveting series launch. . . . The suspense rises as the plot takes some unexpected twists and turns. Readers will want to see more of Maggie, a complicated woman determined to succeed in a profession dominated by men, and the troubled Sam, who does his best to do the right thing."
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      • content: "Tracy launches a new series that depends as much on strong character development as it does on crime-solving."
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      • content: "The layered storytelling and empathy offered to every character make Deep into the Dark not just a hard-to-put-down thriller, but one that leaves the reader with much to think on, with no easy answers in sight."
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        November 1, 2020
        After 10 chronicles of the crime-solving adventures of the madcap partners in Minneapolis' Monkeewrench Software, Tracy shifts dramatically to focus on a spate of killings on Los Angeles' Miracle Mile. Stella Clary is the third woman to be gutted by a murderer who's shown no interest in molesting his victims sexually. Although LAPD homicide detectives Margaret Nolan and Al Crawford are under pressure to bring in the perp, they can't even figure out how he escapes the blood-drenched crime scenes without getting noticed. And things are about to get worse. The morning after event promoter Ryan Gallagher settles an argument with his girlfriend, Pearl Club waitress Melody Traeger, by punching her out, someone breaks into her apartment and leaves two dozen red roses behind. A peace offering, she thinks, but Ryan insists they weren't from him, and a day later he's dead too, leaving Melody both traumatized and thoroughly creeped out by the black Jeep she's convinced is stalking her. Sam Easton, the Pearl Club's barback, takes Melody under his wing even though he's got problems of his own, from extensive physical and mental scarring from a car bomb he was the only GI to survive to his haunting by Ronald Doerr, who served with him in Afghanistan, to his recent breakup with his wife, Yukiko, who's about to get killed herself and make Sam a prime suspect. Detective Remy Beaudreau, who wants to buy Nolan a drink and take her home with him, doesn't believe in coincidences, and brother, is he in the wrong book. Good LA atmosphere, people worth caring about, lots of corpses, and at least one killer too many.

        COPYRIGHT(2020) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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        November 9, 2020
        This riveting series launch from bestseller Tracy (the Monkeewrench series) introduces LAPD Det. Maggie Nolan, as well as Sam Easton, an Army veteran who has recently returned from Aghanistan with PTSD. Sam bartends at Pearl Club, a haunt of Hollywood bigwigs, where fellow bartender Melody Traeger asks for his help after she’s beaten up by her boyfriend, music promoter Ryan Gallagher. A day later, Gallagher is murdered, and Sam becomes a suspect. Maggie investigates, interviewing both Sam and Melody. When Sam’s estranged wife, Yukiko, is also murdered, Sam again becomes a suspect. Maggie, whose brother was killed in Afghanistan, is reluctant to believe Sam is guilty of either crime. Meanwhile, Melody reports being targeted by a stalker. When evidence emerges that implicates Sam in Yukiko’s murder, Melody helps him avoid arrest, and together they try to discover the stalker’s identity. The suspense rises as the plot takes some unexpected twists and turns. Readers will want to see more of Maggie, a complicated woman determined to succeed in a profession dominated by men, and the troubled Sam, who does his best to do the right thing. Agent: Ellen Geiger, Frances Goldin Literary.

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        Sam Easton is a veteran who lost his buddies to an IED explosion in Afghanistan. With burns and scars on half his face, he stands out, and his spirit is broken. His wife, Yuki, left him three months earlier. He's a barback at the Pearl Club, where Melody Traeger is a bartender. When Ryan, a customer that Melody's been seeing, hits her, Sam offers her a place to stay. Neither of them has reliable alibis when LAPD detective Margaret Nolan shows up with her partner after Ryan is killed. When another murder occurs, Sam and Melody seek refuge, but their safe harbor becomes a house of terror, and they must draw on their own resources to survive. VERDICT The author of the award-winning "Monkeewrench" novels launches a new L.A.-based series with an intense, unforgettable novel that focuses on the predators and prey that thrive in the city. The intricately plotted story handles Easton's PTSD with compassion while revealing his disturbing torment. Three complex characters, Sam, Melody, and Detective Nolan, are introduced in a gripping story for thriller fans.--Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN

        Copyright 2020 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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        December 17, 2020
        As the serial killer dubbed the Monster of Miracle Mile is mutilating and murdering women in Los Angeles, army veteran Sam Easton is struggling with his own demons. The sole survivor of his unit, which was bombed in Afghanistan, he's left with a badly scarred face and nightmares that have led to his wife, Yukiko, moving out, leaving Sam to rely on on his psychiatrist and his coworker at the Pearl Club bar, Melody Traeger, for comfort and company. As Sam suffers hallucinations and blackouts, both he and Melody are seen as suspects by LAPD detectives in the murders of persons close to them. Meanwhile, Rolf Hesse, son of a famed filmmaker, is trying to pique Sam and Melody's interest in acting in his student film. P. J. Tracy is the pseudonym of mother-daughter writing duo P. J. and Traci Lambrecht, best-selling authors of the Monkeewrench gang series. Here, Tracy launches a new series that depends as much on strong character development as it does on crime-solving.

        COPYRIGHT(2020) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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"Tracy seems to have found her literary sweet spot." —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

New York Times
bestseller P. J. Tracy returns with Deep into the Dark, a brand new series set in LA and featuring up-and-coming LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan and murder suspect Sam Easton.

Sam Eastona true survivoris home from Afghanistan, trying to rebuild a life in his hometown of LA. Separated from his wife, bartending and therapy sessions are what occupy his days and nights. When friend and colleague Melody Traeger is beaten by her boyfriend, she turns to Sam for help. When the boyfriend turns up dead the next day, a hard case like Sam is the perfect suspect.
But LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan, whose brother recently died serving overseas, is sympathetic to Sam's troubles, and can't quite see him as a killer. She's more interested in the secrets Melody might be keeping and the developments in another...

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