Sacrificial Offerings
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Publisher Description
Things couldn't be worse for Sergeant Frank Leal. He's assigned a homicide at a seedy motel that suddenly develops into a heater. Leal's regular partner, Olivia Hart, is reassigned to the SWAT team. He's also saddled with a college intern tweeting his every move and Hart's replacement is a rubber-gun-squad candidate who has conversations with a hand-puppet named Oscar. Hart's secretly assigned to an internal affairs investigation to determine which members of the SWAT team are stealing the money during drug raids. She's thrust into a non-stop series of dangerous raids that require all of her skills. After a few more murders by a ruthless street gang, Leal wonders if they'll end up as sacrificial offerings in the escalating conflict.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two unremarkable plot lines mar Black's third Chicago police procedural featuring Sgt. Frank Leal and his partner, Olivia Hart (after 2009's Hostile Takeovers). Leal lands a motel DOA, a strangulation victim who turns out to be has-been TV actor Dick Forest, best known for recreating the character of Casablanca's Rick Blaine on a parody 1960s series. Meanwhile, concerns about a significant drop-off in money recovered during drug busts lead to Hart's reassignment to the Tactical Unit so that she may identify the source of the suspected corruption. Those expecting Hart to struggle against police chauvinism may be disappointed that her attractiveness and time spent training for bodybuilding competitions serve as her defining features. The gruff Leal isn't exactly Mr. Personality, and few readers will be caught up in guessing the true source of the problem within the Chicago PD.
