The Deadly Duo

By: Rod Kackley

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She’s learning how to be a cop. He’s learning how to be a killer. Their lessons collide in blood.

Rookie cop Lori Grabowski thought her first year on the job would be routine. Then Heid stole her cruiser and drove it straight into an elementary school.

Lori’s still learning how to wear the badge. Detroit is a brutal place to make rookie mistakes, and she’s made more than her share. Her only lifeline is Sgt. Tom Peterson—a patient, world-weary mentor whose deepest wish is simply to survive long enough to reach retirement without Lori getting them both killed.

Across town, another kind of apprenticeship is taking shape.

Barney is a restless nobody with nothing to lose. Then Heid—fast, magnetic, and dangerous as hell—crashes into his life with a bag of stolen cash and a daredevil grin. From the moment he jumps into her getaway car, she becomes his teacher: showing him how to steal, how to run, and eventually… how to kill.

What starts as a thrill becomes addiction. What starts as a partnership becomes devotion. And what starts as petty crime explodes into a violent spree that leaves Detroit bleeding.

Now Lori and Peterson are chasing a criminal duo who are learning—and escalating—faster than the cops can keep up. Each heist grows bolder. Each body drops closer to home. And every mistake Lori makes tightens the noose around the city… and around her badge.

Because the truth is simple:

Heid is making Barney into a monster.

Peterson is trying to keep Lori from becoming one.

Two mentors. Two protégés.

One city caught in their crossfire.

But there’s one lesson neither mentor ever taught: in Northern Michigan, some towns take justice into their own hands. And when Barney and Heid’s rampage finally reaches the wrong quiet street in the wrong small town, the people who live there won’t wait for sirens.

Deadly Duo: A Tale of Crime and Chaos is a gritty Blue Collar Crime Thriller about the thin line between teaching and corrupting, surviving and surrendering, wearing the badge or breaking it. Raw, fast, and unflinching—this is Detroit noir where good intentions crumble, bad decisions spread like wildfire, and some communities don’t wait for the law when the devils come to town.

Because in Northern Michigan, some towns don’t wait for the law.

boring

I wanted to like this book, but it was kinda boring. It might help if it had a real narrator to make it a little more exciting. The virtual voice is not the worst I've heard, so that's a plus.