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Maine Sunday Telegram #1 Bestseller"A first-rate novel. Suspenseful and highly entertaining." -- New York Times bestselling author Gayle LyndsFall in Portland, Maine usually arrives as a welcome respite from summer's sweltering temperatures and, with the tourists gone, a return to normal life--usually. But when a retired cop is murdered, things heat up quickly, setting the city on edge.Detective Sergeant John Byron, a second-generation cop, is tasked with investigating the case--at the very moment his life is unraveling. On the outs with his department's upper echelon, separated from his wife, and feeling the strong pull of the bottle, Byron remains all business as he tries to solve the murder of one of their own. And when another ex-Portland PD officer dies under suspicious circumstances, he quickly realizes there's much more to these cases than meets the eye.
About the Author
Bruce Robert Coffin is the award-winning author of the Detective Byron mystery series and former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement. At the time of his retirement, from the Portland, Maine police department, he supervised all homicide and violent crime investigations for Maine's largest city. Following the terror attacks of September 11th, Bruce spent four years working counter-terrorism with the FBI, earning the Director's Award, the highest honor a non-agent can receive.Winner of Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion Award for Best Procedural, Bruce's novel, Beyond the Truth, was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel, and a finalist for the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel."Authentic and gripping." -- Joseph Wambaugh, bestselling author of The Onion Field "The Detective Byron mystery series is one of the finest to arrive in a long time." --#1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas PrestonNew York Times Bestselling Author Gayle Lynds called Among the Shadows, "A first rate novel. Suspenseful and highly entertaining."Award-winning author Hank Phillippi Ryan had this to say about Beneath the Depths, "Terrific! Fast-talking, smart, and cinematic, this entertaining page-turner is so knowingly authentic only a genuine cop turned storyteller could have written it."New York Times Bestselling Author Reed Farrel Coleman called Beyond the Truth, "A superbly realistic, tense, and exciting novel.""Flawless prose, witty dialogue, startling twists. Authenticity seeps from every page. Unforgettable." -- K.J. Howe, internationally bestselling author of Skyjack"I rank Coffin among the luminaries of the genre - right beside Wambaugh, McBain, and John Ball." -- LA Times bestselling author Baron R. BirtcherBruce's short fiction appears in many anthologies, including The Best American Mystery Stories 2016.He is a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance. He is a regular blog contributor to Murder Books blog.He lives and writes in Maine.
