Books in Jonathan Stride series

In this stunning follow-up to Brian Freeman's remarkable debut novel, Immoral, Detective Jonathan Stride discovers that there are only two ways to go in Las Vegas. You can hit the jackpot. Or you can get Stripped... They looked like isolated cases: a hit-and-run and a celebrity murdered during a fling with a prostitute. No one could ever imagine they'd be linked to a brutal crime in Las Vegas's steamy past--and that the race against the clock to corner a determined serial killer would stir up secrets long thought buried with the dead. As detectives Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are called separately to investigate, they have no idea what they're stepping into: a world where desperate ambition rules and loyalties know no bounds, and where their own uncharted emotions and sexual desires will reach an explosive conclusion.Shocking, twisted, with edge-of-your-seat suspense, Stripped pushes the limits of its heroes and keeps the reader turning ever page until the last plot twist.

This ambitious follow-up to Brian Freeman's debut novel, Immoral, which Michael Connelly called "a page-turner of the highest caliber," delivers non-stop action and gut-wrenching intrigue on the streets of Sin City--where you can hit the jackpot, or you can get…STRIPPED They looked like isolated cases: a hit-and-run and a celebrity murdered during a fling with a prostitute. No one could ever imagine they'd be linked to a brutal crime in the city's steamy past…and that the race to corner a determined serial killer would stir up secrets long thought buried with the dead. When detectives--and lovers--Jonathan Stride and Serena Dial are called to investigate, they have no idea that they're stepping into a world of sex and money, glamour and vice--where desperate ambition rules and loyalties know no bounds…

Ten years ago, six-year-old Catalina Mateo hid under theporch of her family home while a knife butchered her mother and a bullet killedher father. Now a rough-sleeping orphan, Cat arrives at the house of Detective Jonathan Stride, pleading for protection. Drenched in theicy waters of Lake Superior, she claims to have narrowly escaped a cold-bloodedkiller.Stride s raw instinct is to protect Cat, whose late parents case and his personal guilt associated with it still sends a shiver down hisspine. As a result, he takes the troubled teenager under his wing.But Stride s partner, Maggie Bei, is not convinced. Shedoubts the sincerity of this beautiful young streetwalker who has so easily wonStride s trust, and now sleeps in his house with a butcher s knife under herpillow.As Stride continues to care for Cat, Maggie ssuspicions solidify, and a single question occupies the void between them: Should Stride be afraid for, or of, this terribly damaged girl?

Ten years ago, six-year-old Catalina Mateo hid under theporch of her family home while a knife butchered her mother and a bullet killedher father. Now a rough-sleeping orphan, Cat arrives at the house of Detective Jonathan Stride, pleading for protection. Drenched in theicy waters of Lake Superior, she claims to have narrowly escaped a cold-bloodedkiller.Stride s raw instinct is to protect Cat, whose late parents case and his personal guilt associated with it still sends a shiver down hisspine. As a result, he takes the troubled teenager under his wing.But Stride s partner, Maggie Bei, is not convinced. Shedoubts the sincerity of this beautiful young streetwalker who has so easily wonStride s trust, and now sleeps in his house with a butcher s knife under herpillow.As Stride continues to care for Cat, Maggie ssuspicions solidify, and a single question occupies the void between them: Should Stride be afraid for, or of, this terribly damaged girl?