Cops and Fathers

-a Lanalee Patterson story-

If former cop turned private eye Lanalee Patterson mixed it up with an abusive husband or a street gang, fine by her. Helping the kids-that's the ticket. But she never expected to "mix it up" with Judge Verna Carlisle, or any other woman. The straight-laced Judge definitely changed Lana's views on that.

The one Lanalee can't deal with? Retired Detective Sergeant David Patterson-her father. Family never really worked between them. And now with her departure from the...