SHOT CALLER Sneak Peek and Launch Party Details

We're a little over a week away from the launch of NYPD Negotiators #2, SHOT CALLER, and I have a special sneak peek for you—Chapter One in its entirety to give you a taste of what's to come.

You can find Chapter One right here: SHOT CALLER - Chapter One

In Jen J. Danna’s gripping suspense series, NYPD detective Gemma Capello is called to Rikers Island, where a prison riot threatens to become a bloodbath…

On Rikers Island, tensions always run high, especially in the Enhanced Supervision Housing unit. The ESH is home to Rikers’ most dangerous offenders, many of them members of rival street gangs. When Gemma Capello and her team get word of an uprising at the ESH, they know how much is at stake. Gemma also has her own unresolved feelings to deal with—this is the first case she and Detective Sean Logan have worked together since a siege at City Hall that ended with the hostage taker’s death.

Built to hinder escape, prisons are also especially difficult for a tactical team to invade. That’s a last resort for Gemma, but the longer the inmates remain in control, holding corrections officers hostage, the greater the risk. Gemma begins negotiating with Kill Switch, a young, aggressive member of the Filero Kings gang and the inmates’ spokesman. She can tell the stress level is escalating inside. That may give her team some advantages, but it soon leads to a brutal act of retribution—and threats of more to come.

Navigating assumptions on all sides, Gemma desperately tries to stop the body count from rising. But with disagreements and volatility increasing all around, the only certainty is that the next misstep may be a fatal one . . .

For all those who have already pre-ordered, huge thanks. And for those who are interested in ordering early so SHOT CALLER is available immediately upon release, it's carried by these fine retailers: Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, Bookshop.org, Hudson Booksellers, IndieBound, Indigo, Target, and Walmart. Thank you to you as well!

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In more NYPD Negotiator news, Gemma Capello, Sean Logan, and the whole Capelllo family will return in book #3, LOCKDOWN. Newly completed, LOCKDOWN takes Gemma and Logan into the horror of a Brooklyn high school shooting that evolves into a hostage situation. But the incident becomes even more terrifying for the Capellos when Gemma's nephew, who attends the imperiled school, is not among the evacuated students and cannot be contacted. Coming in 2022...

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Speaking of upcoming releases, FBI K-9s #6, UNDER PRESSURE, releases on November 30th, and I have paperback advanced reader copies! So watch this space for giveaway information in a few weeks. But, if you are interested in winning a copy sooner, then you'll want to come out on August 31st...

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It's launch party time again! Once again, I'm teaming up with a stellar lineup of Kensington authors to celebrate our new releases on August 31st on Facebook. Check out this amazing group of authors and their new books:

Suzanne Chazin - THE FRAGILE EDGE
Jen J. Danna - SHOT CALLER
Maddie Day - NO GRATER CRIME
Devon Delaney - DOUBLE CHOCOLATE COOKIE MURDER
JC Eaton - RAILROADED 4 MURDER
Alex Erickson - DIAL M FOR MAINE COON
Lee Hollis - HALLOWEEN PARTY MURDER
Anna Lee Huber - MURDER MOST FAIR
Victoria Laurie - COACHED IN THE ACT
Alyssa Maxwell - MURDER AT WAKEHURST
Barbara Ross - HALLOWEEN PARTY MURDER
Karen Rose Smith - MURDER WITH ORANGE PEKOE TEA
Traci Wilton - MRS. MORRIS AND THE VAMPIRE

We would love to see you there, so please join us that evening from 7 - 10pm EDT. If you can't stay the whole evening, or can't make that time frame at all, no problem! All giveaways are open for 24 hours before a winner is selected, so you can catch up the next morning or afternoon, if you like. You can sign up as Going or Interested to stay in the loop: https://www.facebook.com/events/849446682324828. Many of the prizes are already being previewed on the discussion tab, so stop by to see what you could win. Seriously... so many prizes (including copies of UNDER PRESSURE)! And, for the first time, there will be a Kensington grand prize this year that will be revealed in the coming days.

Many of you have attended in the past and know what a blast these launch parties are. Hope to see you there!!