When Things Fall Apart by Alan Brenham

When Detective Kit Hanover takes on her first homicide case, she doesn't just hunt a killer—she becomes the hunted.

When things fall apart


When Detective Kit Hanover takes on her first homicide case, she doesn't just hunt a killer—she becomes the hunted.
Rookie homicide detective Kit Hanover is eager to prove herself, but her enthusiasm is met with skepticism from her new partner—a seasoned veteran with a deep-seated disdain for Native Americans. Their already tense relationship reaches a breaking point when Kit's first murder case spirals into a personal nightmare, leading to her reassignment.
Undeterred, Kit continues to investigate the case on her own time, even as it takes a harrowing toll on her. But the stakes escalate beyond anything she could have imagined. An enigmatic madman sets his sights on Kit and her family, launching a series of inexplicable attacks that defy reason.
As she delves deeper into the labyrinth of lies and deceit, Kit realizes she's not just solving a murder—she's fighting for her own life. The final confrontation looms, and when she comes face-to-face with the killer, it's a battle of wills where only one can emerge victorious.
In a pulse-pounding journey that tests her mettle, Kit Hanover must navigate the thin line between hunter and hunted. Will she solve the case or become the final piece in a twisted killer's deadly puzzle?
 

Genre: FICTION / Crime

Secondary Genre: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural

Language: English

Keywords: Homicide Detective Novel; , Native American Detective; , Family Under Attack Thriller;

Word Count: 87514

Sales info:

When Things Fall Apart is anewly released novel (September 20, 2023). It has a two ratings on Amazon for 3.5 and two ratings for 2.5 on Goodreads.


Sample text:

It was a good night to kill a lawyer. He looked at the pale blue sky with its runway show of reds, yellows, and oranges. Strips of white clouds intermixed with ribbons of violet. The air was in the upper fifties. Cool enough to make him zip up his black jacket. With a black ski mask pulled over his face and a Sig Sauer nine millimeter in his hand, he waited against the tall hedge. 

His watch showed it to be almost seven o’clock. From past surveillance, he knew the man would be walking out the office door at any minute. He panned the street. Not one car or pedestrian was in sight. The neighborhood seemed eerily quiet, almost as if it was holding its collective breath, waiting and watching what would happen. 

An image of his young wife hovered in his mind’s eye. They’d been married four years. Her pet name for him was Ken. She’d crowned him with it because he would buy her Barbie dolls to add to her collection. So since he was her Ken, she was his Barbie. 

He believed she’d always be faithful even after his surgery dulled their sex life. She had sworn to love him in sickness and health and forsake all others. But then this asshole came along. 


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Already translated. Translated by Christopher Lewis

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