The Debts They Owe

The Detective Kane Thriller Series, Book 2

She believed in the system. Until a killer started proving it wrong.

Detective Evelyn Kane has spent her career following the rules. But in the rain-slicked streets of Chicago, the rules are failing. A new vigilante is delivering the brutal, final judgment that the law refused to provide, leaving a trail of bodies as a message to the city: The system is broken.

As Kane and her guarded new partner, John Mee, follow the blood, they realize this isn’t just a random spree. The killer knows their secrets. He is using their own pasts, their own traumas, as weapons against them.

But when a ghost from Kane's most painful case resurfaces, she finds herself caught in a desperate vise. On one side, a vigilante hunting for justice. On the other, a monster hunting for revenge.

In a city where the lines between hero and monster have blurred, Kane must decide: How far will she go to protect a system that has already failed her?

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