The Pain Game (The Sam Laska Crime Thriller Series Book 1)

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He thought he left the murder business behind. He was dead wrong.

Unemployed and broke, leaving him no choice but to move in with his retired father on Florida’s gulf coast, disgraced Chicago Police detective Sam Laska discovers more than he signed up for when he agrees to investigate a suspicious death as a favor to a friend. The sad but not so uncommon accidental overdose of a teenager turns out to be murder. The problem is the local police don’t believe him. As he takes on the burden of bringing the killers to justice, his probe leads down a dangerous path involving drug dealers, hired killers, political puppet masters, a surly police detective, and an enticing medical examiner’s assistant.

As he slowly learns how deep the conspiracy runs, his mistakes threaten the safety of those closest to him. Blaming himself for placing them in danger, he knows the only choice he has is to sacrifice himself.