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  • Published: 16 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9780786046621
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $17.99

Shot Caller





In the second installment of Jen J. Danna’s atmospheric crime fiction series featuring a hostage negotiator and her law enforcement family, NYPD detective Gemma Capello is called to Rikers Island, where a prison riot threatens to become a bloodbath...

In the second installment of Jen J. Danna’s atmospheric crime fiction series featuring a hostage negotiator and her law enforcement family, NYPD detective Gemma Capello is called to Rikers Island, where a prison riot threatens to become a bloodbath...

NYPD detective Gemma Capello is called to Rikers Island, where a prison riot threatens to become a bloodbath . . .

On Rikers Island, tensions always run high, especially in the Enhanced Supervision Housing unit. The ESH is home to Rikers’ most dangerous offenders, many of them members of rival street gangs. When Gemma Capello and her team get word of an uprising at the ESH, they know how much is at stake. It’s also the first case she and Detective Sean Logan have worked together since a siege at City Hall.

Built to prevent escape, prisons are also especially difficult to invade—a last resort for Gemma. She begins negotiating with Kill Switch, a young, aggressive member of the Filero Kings gang and the inmates’ spokesman. She can tell the stress level is escalating inside. That may give her team some advantages, but it soon leads to a brutal act of retribution—and threats of more to come. With the body count rising and her team arguing about how to proceed, the only certainty is that the next misstep may be a fatal one . . .

  • Published: 16 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9780786046621
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $17.99

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Praise for Shot Caller

Praise for Jen J. Danna

“An energetic series launch...Fans of contemporary police procedurals will hope to see a lot more of the capable Gemma.” —Publishers Weekly on Exit Strategy

“As Sara Driscoll, Danna is the coauthor of the “FBI K-9” mysteries and the “Abbott and Lowell” forensic mysteries. She kicks off her first solo effort, the “NYPD Negotiators” series, with a compelling, dramatic story while using the protagonist’s family background as motivation. Readers who love the TV show Blue Bloods, with its family of cops, will relish this launch” —Library Journal on Exit Strategy

“A refreshing police procedural…The attention to detail, the psychological thought process of the police and antagonist, and the tidbits about an Italian family make for an interesting read.  But the story is also riveting with its suspenseful, fast-action pace.” —Crimespree Magazine on Exit Strategy

"Tense and tightly plotted, Exit Strategy pulls you in and doesn't let go. A compelling page-turner." —New York Times bestselling author Marc Cameron

“Danna’s convincing portrayal of the hostage negotiating process and life at Rikers keep the pages turning. Readers will look forward to Gemma’s next outing.” Publishers Weekly on Shot Caller

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