Beyond Blue — Austin S. Camacho

Beyond Blue features a team of unique and intriguing detectives whose only purpose is to help police officers in trouble. The story follows four of the agency's cases, which overlap and intersect: An undercover officer is in danger of really being drawn into a life of crime; a crooked lawyer is destroying police careers by making arresting officers appear to have violated criminals' rights; a cop's wife accuses him of abusing their daughter; and a retired police detective could lose his job in airport security because of drugs being smuggled in through JFK International. Pursuing these cases is a team of unique and intriguing detectives. The agency's director, the enigmatic Paul Gorman, sits at the center of the action, pulling the strings to direct his team to solve their cases and cover each other.

Beyond Blue features one of the most daring and innovative premises of any crime novel in years. A multi-plotted thriller focusing on law enforcement types in dire straits, Austin Camacho's latest resonates with great storytelling on every level, filled with a wildly colorful and unique mix of characters. Beyond Blue fills every criteria of the breakout book it deserves to be, evoking memories of Joseph Wambaugh with just enough Robert Crais and Michael Connolly thrown in for good measure. Simply stated, Beyond Blue is beyond great!

Jon Land, bestselling author of Strong Darkness

"In BEYOND BLUE, Austin Camacho has created fiction that I wish was real. The idea of a private investigation firm dedicated to keeping honest cops out of a jam (or throwing dirty ones to the wolves) is brilliant. Fast paced, with great story lines and memorable, tough characters, BEYOND BLUE is why we read thrillers. This is Camacho's best work yet!"

--John Gilstrap, author of END GAME and the Jonathan Grave thriller series