Crooked Lane Books, Belletristik, Not by Blood (Englisch, Chris Narozny, 2023)

In the tradition of Harlan Coben and Karin Slaughter comes Chris Narozny&rsquo s Not by Blood, a tense and twisty debut thriller about the extraordinary measures one woman will take to save her family. When Tina Evans gets a call from her brother in the middle of the night, she doesn&rsquo t think much of it she&rsquo s been fielding distress calls from Bill for the last twenty years, ever since the day their father killed their mother. At first, this call seems just like all the others: Bill&rsquo s holed up in a Brooklyn drug den and needs her to come rescue him. But when Tina gets there, her brother&rsquo s nowhere to be found. Instead, she discovers the body of a private detective hidden in the junk heap out back. He&rsquo s been shot to death, and his gun is missing from its holster. Tina&rsquo s about to dial 911 when she receives a three-letter text message from a number she doesn&rsquo t recognize: &ldquo Shh...&rdquo Tina doesn&rsquo t believe in coincidence&mdash the death of this detective and her brother&rsquo s disappearance must be related. But how? Could it be her father pulling the strings from his prison cell? And is she willing to risk her own freedom&mdash and her life&mdash to uncover the truth?.