Bite Back (The Casey Stafford Series)

For criminals who profit from abusing animals, murdering a human — or three — is just another business decision.

In the thrilling third book of the Casey Stafford detective series, the LAPD's sharpest homicide cop follows a murdered journalist's trail into the darkest corner of Los Angeles: the greed-driven California puppy sales trade.

When a Los Angeles Times reporter is stabbed to death on a quiet Hollywood street, Casey expects a mugging gone wrong. What he finds instead is a conspiracy starting from a puppy mill in Ohio and leading to the brutal murders of at least three people — at the hands of Casey's most dangerous suspect so far: Dax Edwards, pit bull breeder, knife fighter, stone-cold killer.

Fast, funny, and impossible to put down, Bite Back is everything fans of Michael Connelly and John Sandford love about LA crime fiction — razor-sharp procedural detail, an irresistible protagonist, and a dog named Pancake who just might steal the whole show.

"This is a kick-ass crime novel!" — Tod Goldberg, NY Times Bestselling Author

Praise for the Casey Stafford Series:

"Superb." — Lou Berney, Edgar Award-winning author of Dark Ride

"The Casey Stafford series just keeps getting better and better — don't miss this one." — Wes Miller, former Executive Editor, Grand Central Publishing

"An exhilarating thriller. Get it." — Kirkus Reviews

"It's a wild, gritty ride … don't let the palm trees fool ya." — Tracy Clark, award-winning author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery Series