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    Cops and Fathers
    Cops and Fathers
    Cops and Fathers
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    Cops and Fathers

    By M. L. Buchman

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    -a Lanalee Patterson story-

    If former cop turned private eye Lanalee Patterson mixed it up with an abusive husband or a street gang, fine by her. Helping the kids—that’s the ticket.

    But she never expected to “mix it up” with Judge Verna Carlisle, or any other woman. The straight-laced Judge definitely changed Lana’s views on that.

    The one Lanalee can’t deal with? Retired Detective Sergeant David Patterson—her father. Family never really worked between them. And now with her departure from the Force and the revelation of her relationship with Verna, his visit turns even less fun than usual.

    When trouble hits, she‘s driven to her limits by COPS and FATHERS.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBuchman Bookworks, Inc.
    Release dateApr 19, 2018
    ISBN9781945740589
    Cops and Fathers
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    M. L. Buchman

    USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestseller M. L. "Matt" Buchman has 70+ action-adventure thriller and military romance novels, 100 short stories, and lotsa audiobooks. PW says: “Tom Clancy fans open to a strong female lead will clamor for more.” Booklist declared: “3X Top 10 of the Year.” A project manager with a geophysics degree, he’s designed and built houses, flown and jumped out of planes, solo-sailed a 50’ sailboat, and bicycled solo around the world…and he quilts.

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      Cops and Fathers - M. L. Buchman

      Cops and Fathers

      Cops and Fathers

      a Lanalee Patterson story

      M. L. Buchman

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      Chapter 1

      It was well past sunrise when Lana rolled up to the building. An unimaginably long night, especially as she’d had a full day in front of it. Why she’d ever thought being a private eye would be easier than being a cop…

      She throttled back but the thudding Harley still spooked most of the dog-walker’s charges when she popped it up onto the sidewalk. As soon as she was over the curb, she cut the engine, but it gave a final bang that panicked Marcus’ dogs, tangling him in their leashes. She rolled the bike against her building’s facade. Parking on the sidewalk on Commonwealth Ave. in the heart of Boston should have gotten her a whole string of tickets, but the old brownstone had a small bay—left over from when it had been a horse-and-buggy fire station before they’d bricked it in and condoed it—that fit her bike perfectly. It was one of her favorite stealth parking spots in the city.

      Damn it, Lana! by some miracle, Marcus had managed to remain upright despite being wrapped up like The Mummy in various DayGlo leash colors.

      It’s a good thing the dogs are all pulling in different directions, or you’d be faceplanted on the concrete. She kicked the stand down and used the yellow brick wall to steady herself as she swung off the bike. It was a good thing it was the only yellow one in the block of red brick buildings, otherwise she’d have been too tired to find it and might have slept on a bench where the Comm. Ave. park split the street in two.

      Wouldn’t be the first time, he growled as one of the dogs took advantage of his bound state to crotch him with its nose.

      Sorry, Marcus. One of the dogs finally broke free and bounded for her arms. Maximillian’s abrupt departure unbalanced the forces and Marcus went down. The rest of the pack assumed it was playtime and buried the teen until little more than his shot of black hair showed through the melee. His frustrated laughs were the best sound she’d heard in a while.

      Maximillian—never Max, he wouldn’t answer to it and his owner wouldn’t tolerate it—might only be a twenty-pound sheltie, but she was tired enough that his lunge knocked her to the sidewalk as well. The dumb dog began licking her faceplate free of bugs. She flipped up the visor and was rewarded with a string of buggy dog slime across her Ray-Bans and the bridge of her nose.

      Cut that out, you stupid animal.

      Marcus was slowly sorting himself out. Serves you right.

      You inbound or out? She still had to shout to be heard over the pack who wanted to play some more.

      Inbound, Patterson. Some Private Eye you are, can’t even tell when a man is done for the morning. You wanna take Maximilian up?

      Got it covered. So how’s the dog-walking doing for ya? She finally forced the sheltie down onto four legs on the ground, like any decent dog, and unclipped the leash that had slipped out of Marcus’ hand. Keeping Maximillian close wasn’t the issue. Actually walking while he did his best to hug her ankles was the challenge with him.

      Except for someone on their noisy, fart-blasting machine, it’s great. I’m gonna try to get Keith out of the gang to give me a hand. I’ve got more offers to walk than I can handle. Tips help, too, you know.

      No way, me Bucko. I’m sure you scalped The Judge already on the way out. We both know she’s a soft touch when it comes to her dog.

      His broad grin lit up his face, Can’t blame a guy for trying.

      The fact that you’re trying, that’s the good bit…Keith, hunh. Why him?

      He’s okay. Marcus unwrapped a cocker spaniel’s leash from about his neck before the dog could throttle him.

      Lana thought about his choice, it was a good one. Most of the boys were too far gone into the gang culture, but Keith was okay, always on the fringe of the worst of it. She’d broken

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