Author Patricia Smiley
Author Patricia Smiley

Pacific Homicide Series

Pacific Homicide by Patricia Smiley
Outside the Wire by Patricia Smiley
The Second Goodbye by Patricia Smiley
Audiobooks
Praise for the series
Pacific Homicide by Patricia Smiley

Pacific Homicide

Book 1

Most cops spend their entire careers without firing a weapon in the line of duty. LAPD Homicide Detective Davie Richards is an outlier, a cop who killed a suspect to save her partner’s life.

While she waits for the police commission to rule her shooting was within policy, she’s called out to probe the gruesome homicide of Anya Nosova, a nineteen-year-old Russian beauty whose body is found in the Los Angeles sewer system. With her own case in limbo, Davie knows that any mistakes in the investigation could end her career. Meanwhile, as she hunts for the murderer, somebody from her past is hunting her. Knowing she’s in the crosshairs, Davie must bring Anya’s killer to justice before her life and the lives of those she loves are destroyed.

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Outside the Wire by Patricia Smiley

Outside the Wire

Book 2

LAPD Homicide Detective Davie Richards is called to an airport parking garage in the dark hours before sunrise to investigate the shooting of a retired U.S. Army Ranger. Missing personal items appear to point to a robbery, but Davie suspects a more sinister motive when she notices only one military dog tag around the ranger’s neck. Could the murderer have taken the other as a memento of the kill?

But this man is not the last to die. As Davie unravels baffling clues and races to save the killer’s next victim, the investigation takes a shocking twist that challenges her physical and emotional endurance and tests the bonds of brotherhood and friendship.

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The Second Goodbye by Patricia Smiley

The Second Goodbye

Book 3

Assume nothing—that’s the touchstone for every homicide investigation Detective Davie Richards undertakes. She approaches her latest case the same way, determined to learn as much about the victim as she does about the killer. But there’s nothing about thirty-four-year-old Sara Montaine or her death that makes sense.

Was Sara a saint caring for her dying husband or a gold-digger with a sketchy background? Did she commit suicide or was she murdered? Before her marriage, Sara lived comfortably without any obvious source of income, unusual for an orphan raised in foster care. As Davie digs deeper, she unearths Sara’s troubled past and a viper’s nest of villains who are willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden.

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Audiobooks

Pacific Homicide Audiobook
Outside the Wire Audiobook
The Second Goodbye Audiobook

Praise

“…Smiley kicks off a hard-boiled series with a bang in this fast-paced novel that sweeps readers along quickly. Davie is an engaging sleuth; her tough exterior hides a fragile heart. VERDICT This classic police procedural, with the obligatory cop humor included, recalls titles by Robin Burcell or Alafair Burke.”
—Library Journal
on Pacific Homicide
“Terrific! The classic cop story goes contemporary in this suspenseful, riveting thriller. Instantly cinematic and completely authentic—LAPD’s tough and savvy Davie Richards will capture your heart. It’s a page-turner from moment one.”
—Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author
on Pacific Homicide
“[Richards]…makes a dogged and determined heroine as she roots out cause and killer. Readers will want to see a lot more of her.”
—Publishers Weekly
on Outside the Wire
“Happily, with The Second Goodbye I’ve found a pairing that equals the Connelly-Cariou partnership in Patricia Smiley and Harley Jane Kozak. Kozak, a veteran actor and novelist herself, captures every nuance of Smiley’s words adding to the depth of characters and the drive of the story. She’s so good that it tempts me to write a book with a female protagonist just to get Kozak to do the narration. The bottom line? A terrific crime novel made even better by the narration. Bravissima!”
—Keith Raffel
on the audio version of The Second Goodbye (5 stars!)
“Third time’s the charm… With the passing of Sue Grafton, the Queen of Alphabet Soup-titled mysteries, I’ve discovered a Kinsey Millhone doppelgaenger in Davie Richards. A thoroughly satisfying and well-crafted police procedural.”
—Dean Murphy, Bookreporter.com
(Rated The Second Goodbye one of the top ten books of 2018)
“Smiley’s third intricately plotted procedural features an intrepid female police officer who will appeal to readers drawn to the teamwork and careful step-by-step exposition in other procedurals with female protagonists, such as Vicki Delany’s Molly Smith mysteries or Linda Castillo’s Kate Burkholder novels.”
—Library Journal
on The Second Goodbye