The Blue Monster (Paperback or Softback)

“I immensely enjoyed The Blue Monster. Mike Roche knows the world he writes about. His will be a strong new voice in crime fiction.” Michael Connelly, N.Y. Times bestselling author of the Lincoln Lawyer and Harry Bosch novels.

The revengeful hunter becomes the hunted. Tampa Detective Kate Alexander is in a dangerous chase to capture a killer.

A call to the kidnapping scene of a teenage girl rips at Kate's heart. The judge that set kidnapper free is now the target. How is a seemingly isolated double homicide at a cheap motel connected to the kidnapping? Detective Alexander's investigation focuses on a psychotic and deranged killer. In a cat and mouse game, Kate pursues the suspect as he seeks revenge against the judge. Facing her own demons, Detective Alexander places her own family in peril, as she tracks the cunning criminal in a race against time. She must bring justice to the victim of the murder. Enjoy a heart-pumping emotional thrill ride as evil attempts to evade justice.

While working as both a local cop and a federal agent, Mike Roche has spent three decades chasing bad guys and conducting behavioral assessments of stalkers and assassins. Mike Roche enjoys the serenity of spending time with his family in sunny Florida.