Shot Caller - (NYPD Negotiators) by Sara Driscoll (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In the second installment of Jen J. Danna's atmospheric crime fiction series featuring a hostage negotiator and her law enforcement family, NYPD detective Gemma Capello is called to Rikers Island, where a prison riot threatens to become a bloodbath...

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. It's also the first case she and Detective Sean Logan have worked together since a siege at City Hall.

Built to prevent escape, prisons are also especially difficult to invade--a last resort for Gemma. She 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. With the body count rising and her team arguing about how to proceed, the only certainty is that the next misstep may be a fatal one . . .

Review Quotes

Praise for EXIT STRATEGY by Jen J. Danna

Tense and tightly plotted, Exit Strategy pulls you in and doesn't let go. A compelling page-turner.
--New York Times bestselling author Marc Cameron

Praise for Sara Driscoll's K-9 Mysteries!

Praise for NO MAN'S LAND
"This is the sort of crime novel that gives readers a little bit of everything: it's a thriller, a procedural, and a detective story--and a good yarn, too, featuring a smart heroine blessedly free of problems with boss, coworkers, alcohol, or the opposite sex."
--Booklist

"Perilous adventures inside derelict buildings add texture and excitement to Driscoll's solid fourth FBI K-9 novel featuring search-and-rescue expert Meg Jennings and her Labrador retriever, Hawk...Will appeal to dog lovers!"
--Publishers Weekly

Praise for BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
"This intense crime thriller features FBI Special Agent Meg Jennings and her trusty search-and-rescue Labrador, Hawk... Meg and her team are forced to race against the clock, trying to decipher the puzzles before time runs out, and innocent lives are lost. Before It's Too Late is a book that should not be read too close to bedtime - this page-turner will keep you up all night!"
--Modern Dog on Before it's too Late by Sara Driscoll

"Driscoll nicely incorporates various Civil War locations and trivia into the mystery, while Meg and Hawk prove themselves a formidable team the readers will want to see more of."
--Publishers Weekly

"A kidnapper is sending FBI Special Agent Meg Jennings a series of ciphers...If Jennings doesn't find them in time, they will die."
--Booklist

Praise for LONE WOLF
"[A] wonderfully readable series launch...Driscoll has selected and assembled the story elements with impressive professionalism."
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Jen J. Danna is the acclaimed author two mystery and suspense series written with Ann Vanderlaan: The Abbott and Lowell Forensic Mystery Series and the F.B.I. K-9 Novels, published under the pseudonym Sara Driscoll. The NYPD Negotiator series marks her solo writing debut. Danna is also a scientist specializing in infectious diseases who works as part of a dynamic research group at a cutting-edge Canadian university. A member of Crime Writers of Canada, she lives with her family near Toronto and can be found online at JenJDanna.com.