The Angel of Knowlton Park (Joe Burgess Mysteries) ebook

by Kate Flora

Portland, Maine, homicide detective Joe Burgess needs a vacation. But there's a dead child in Knowlton Park. Rolling up on the scene with a canoe on the roof and fishing poles flapping, Burgess finds little Timmy Watts, viciously stabbed, and carefully wrapped in a new blue blanket.

Portland, Maine, homicide detective Joe Burgess needs a vacation. Timmy's parents are life-long crooks, his brothers deal drugs and his sister turns tricks. The only one who seems to care is Timmy's hearing-impaired sister, Iris. But she's keeping her secrets. Then Iris disappears, and Burgess is battling against time to keep more children from dying.

Redemption (A Joe Burgess Mystery, Book 3). Kate Flora. I admire Kate Flora's writing, and not only because I once lived near Portland, Maine, which she makes such a vivid setting for her true crime as well as her suspenseful, character-driven Joe Burgess fiction. Playing God (A Joe Burgess Mystery, Book 1). And Grant You Peace (A Joe Burgess Mystery, Book 4). The gutsy, peripatetic Thea Kozak of Flora's first series solves her mysteries in all sorts of interesting places.

Burgess knew, even before they'd exchanged names, that this family cared about children. This was a place where a little boy like Timmy Watts had mattered. This was a place where a little boy like Timmy Watts had mattered pened the door. Detective Sergeant Joe Burgess," he said. The man's handshake was steady, though he held himself with the tenuous caution of someone recovering from a body blow. This is my wife, Julie. Julie Gordon was small and strong, with no-nonsense short hair, a warm smile and tired brown eyes.

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THE JOE BURGESS MYSTERIES Playing God The Angel of Knowlton Park Redemption And Grant You Peace Led Astray A Child Shall Lead Them A World of Deceit. Kate’s eighteen books will include eight Thea Kozak mysteries, five gritty Joe Burgess police procedurals, a suspense thriller (written under the name Katharine Clark), two true crime books, Death Dealer and Finding Amy (co-written with Joseph Loughlin, a Portland, Maine Deputy Police Chief), a Maine game warden's memoir, A Good Man with a Dog, co-written.

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Written by Kate Flora, Audiobook narrated by Terry Rose. A Joe Burgess Mystery, Book 2. By: Kate Flora. Narrated by: Terry Rose. Series: Joe Burgess, Book 2. Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins. Categories: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective.

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Written by Kate Flora. Narrated by Terry Rose

Written by Kate Flora. Narrated by Terry Rose. When the body of eight-year-old Timothy Watts is found wrapped in a blue blanket in a Portland, Maine park, homicide detective Joe Burgess (introduced in Playing God) vows to find the killer. Everyone in the neighborhood loved Timmy except his abusive family, but people are unwilling to talk.

Homicide detective Joe Burgess investigates after the body of eight-year-old Timothy Watts is found wrapped in a blanket in a Portland, Maine park.

Tisicai

I truly loved this book.
Recently I had begun to think that I had lost my taste for crime stories/police procedurals. So many of them either broadcast the identity of the "bad guys" from about the third chapter, or they bog the reader down in superfluous and tedious detail. This book IS a very detailed procedural, and to me at least Flora makes every step of the investigation interesting, relevant, and telling. As we learn the cast of suspects, we also learn the character and relationships between the team of investigators. And the entire story holds together with the utmost coherence.
Everything I said above is an obvious plus and should recommend the book, but I haven't yet touched on what to me is the book's greatest strength--the complete and compelling humanity of the police team. We see their strengths and successes, their flaws and failings. Most of all we see their very real pain when they are confronted with the victims whose deaths they work to solve. As the head of the team, Joe Burgess, remarks, all they can offer the victims is justice. And they do give their all to bring that justice about.
Since reading this book, I have bought and read the other books in the series, and I'd recommend each as strongly as I am trying to do for this individual novel.
My only caveat about the series is the usual Kindle edition problem--some missing words, some grammatical flubs. Having read some earlier Flora works in print, I tend to absolve her of the errors and just wish Kindle editions were more carefully proofed.

Kizshura

I do like the main character Joe Burgess. He takes his blows and has to deal with an obnoxious team leader. Good story line but too much time spent on needless wording that caused me to skip paragraphs. This had to do mostly with the drama that Kate Flora adds with respect to his mother and a case regarding a young child he could not solve. Not to categorized ladies authors but I find this to be true to many, too much drama i.e. emotional stuff that the book could do without. the romance part with his current girlfriend is fine but the other stuff I could do without. Also sometimes the police procedures gets to be more than is needed..I have read 3 Joe Burgess novels and will skip ahead to the most current to see if they have improved.

I am a great fan of J.A. Jance and other lady authors so I am not anti female.authors.

Ventelone

For people who like police procedurals, like me, this is a great book. Almost too intense for me. The story ramps up on the first page and does not let down until the short post climax. Very well developed characters, who work without all the modern police aids due to the local used for the story. Wonderful description, that I wondered it's origin, since I don't have the imagination for that amount of detail. It often felt like I was living in the book as a close observer. Enjoy!!!!

Dishadel

I like this author so much that I purchased this book, and 2 others by her. The thing is, she is very repetitious about the "troubled soul" cop, and why he is troubled. Very repetitious. Saw the "plot twist" well in advance. BUT, my biggest problem was, the climax of the story got a bit short circuited. No big explanation on the crime circumstance itself, or the "surprise" accomplice and their motivation. And no explanation of the "red herring" dog/pillow thing. Just forgotten. No info at all on events during their arrest. Huh? I wanted the payoff...interesting characters, good descriptions of the victim's living situation and family.

Chuynopana

I admire Kate Flora's writing, and not only because I once lived near Portland, Maine, which she makes such a vivid setting for her true crime as well as her suspenseful, character-driven Joe Burgess fiction. (The gutsy, peripatetic Thea Kozak of Flora's first series solves her mysteries in all sorts of interesting places.) How refreshing to read an author who gets me inside the head of a cop I can relate to, a cop who is sensitive and caring, and who never loses his concern for the victims of the criminals he pursues by believing in his own macho exterior -- which is something useful to be turned off or on when necessary to intimidate the low-life he encounters. Above all I welcome the author's ability to portray a cop who reawakens my own sensitivity, after having it pounded into near oblivion by the crude glibness of detectives in other crime novels and the relentless hubris of TV and movie cops. One more thing I value: the occasional reminders of how little the general public understands of the realities of a cop's life and work. I've already pre-ordered the next Joe Burgess mystery, Redemption.
--Chris Roerden

Arlana

Love Kate Flora's Joe Burgess series. A great police procedural with strong characters. It deals the murder of a child that has been horrifically neglected by his parents & seeks attention from those in the neighborhood who would give it to him. The child had been sexually abused & strangled, then left in the park. Detective Joe Burgess, who has never gotten over the murder of another innocent child is driven to discover the circumstances regarding this poor child's life & who was responsible for this terrible crime.

greatest

This is my second Joe Burgess book. Real, gritty and brutal at times, the plot pulls the reader in and leaves them feeling as if they were standing in the middle of a crime scene. Two books down...time to sink into the third!

I've met another great character and cast of supporting characters that brought this police procedural to life and kept me glued to the book until 4 in the morning.