Gated Prey
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A simple sting operation takes a violent and unexpected turn for Detective Eve Ronin in a gripping thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg. Los Angeles County Sheriff's detective Eve Ronin and her soon-to-retire partner, Duncan Pavone, are running a 24-7 sting in a guard-gated enclave of palatial homes in Calabasas. Their luxury McMansion is a honey trap, set to lure in the violent home invaders terrorizing the community. The trap works, leaving three intruders dead, a body count that nearly includes Eve and Duncan. Eve's bosses are eager to declare the case closed, but there are too many unanswered questions for her to let go. Was the trap actually for her, bloody payback for Eve's very public takedown of a clique of corrupt deputies? Or is there an even deadlier secret lurking behind those opulent gates? Eve's refusal to back down and her relentless quest for the truth make her both the hunter...and the prey.
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4 primary booksEve Ronin is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Lee Goldberg.
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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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“The people who live in these places think the gates protect them from all the crime and misery that's out there, but it doesn't. It just locks them in with it.”
“You think whatever happened came from within the gates?”
“I don't know where it came from, that's your job. But I'm sure there's as much evil inside these gates as there is outside of them. Maybe more.”
GATED PREY
“You're doing it again,” Duncan said.
“Doing what?”
“Obsessing over your case to the point of exhaustion. You need a life and some sleep. You can't physically, mentally, or emotionally sustain being relentless.” “
I'm only doing it now because we've got a ticking clock on this one.”
“You've done it on every case we've had.”
“You make it seem like years. We've only been working together for a few months. It hasn't been that long.”
Lost Hills
GATED PREY
“...I just got lucky.”
Duncan leaned against the wall and looked at her. “It isn't luck, Eve. It's instinct. You're a natural at this. What you haven't learned yet is how to do it without making enemies.”
* Or ears, come to think of it, Nicol Zanzarella does a great job with the audiobook narrations for these books.
