Playing God
  • Published:
    Sep-2006 (Hardcover)
    May-2014 (Paperback)
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  • Main Genre:
    Police Procedural
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    397
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"Joe Burgess is the most realistically drawn and memorable police detective I've encountered in years. This is as much a moral fable as it is a whodunit." ~Edward Morris, Verified Reviewer

On an icy February night, the body of Steven Pleasant, a prominent Portland, Maine physician, grows cold in his parked Mercedes. All signs point to a john killed by a disgruntled hooker: his pants are unzipped, wallet is gone, and the good doctor has a reputation for entertaining girls in his car.

But the deeper Detective Sergeant Joe Burgess digs, the muddier the case becomes. While juggling hookers, wives, ex-wives, fathers, stepfathers, dealers and doctors, a nurse on Pleasant's staff suggests another angle -- disgruntled patients.

Now, ensconced in the darkness of a sleeping hospital, Burgess comes face-to-face with ghosts from his past and must decide what being a detective really means.

"If Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch lived in Maine, he'd be Joe Burgess." ~Verified Reviewer

"It was the emotion that gripped me as a reader and as a person. Kate Flora has accomplished what very few authors are able to do, she made me believe." ~Michael S., Verified Reviewer

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
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    •  
    • Jun-2013
    • Sennebec Hill Press
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0989576701
    • ISBN13: 9780989576703
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    • May-2014
    • ePublishing Works!
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1614175802
    • ISBN13: 9781614175803
    • First Edition
    • Sep-2006
    • Five Star
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1594144613
    • ISBN13: 9781594144615
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    • Feb-2006
    • Five Star Publishing
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Sep-2006
    • Five Star
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1432826646
    • ISBN13: 9781432826642
    •  
    • Apr-2014
    • ePublishing Works!
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1614175799
    • ISBN13: 9781614175797
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    • Apr-2014
    • ePublishing Works!
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • May-2014
    • ePublishing Works!
    • eBook (Kindle)
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    • 2010
    • Books in Motion
    • Audible
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    • Jan-2007
    • Thorndike Press
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0786291931
    • ISBN13: 9780786291939
    • Large Print



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