Deceived by Ornament

<p><strong><em>Deceived by Ornament</em> is a thoroughly New Yorkie novel authored by a proud New Yorker on a creative roll. -Gillespie Lamb <em>The Junkyard Dick</em></strong></p><p>Detective Kim Brady must find the killer of Mariano Avila beloved community activist and immigration lawyer in Brooklyn. The only eyewitness Amara a fifteen-year-old undocumented escapee from a human trafficking ring has described the killer as wearing a police uniform. Kim discovers the details of the murder match those of a cold case from several months earlier.</p><p>Saddled with a partner who is an unqualified rookie cop forced on her unit by a local state senator with mayoral aspirations Kim's investigation is micromanaged from above. She soon finds herself in a maelstrom of competing jurisdictions and interests as she struggles to determine if the killer is a cop or an imposter whether he is a serial killer or part of a larger domestic terrorist plot.</p><p>When she discovers that a close friend of the victim in the cold case Rafer Harwood is part of an anti-immigrant militia suspected of planning a major terror event she can explain the second murder but not the first. She must protect Amara and find both the killer and the real leader of the militia.</p><p><em>Deceived By Ornament A Kim Brady Mystery</em>. An engrossing crime thriller by Edward J. Leahy.</p>