Deficit Ending - A Deb Ralston mystery

Deb Ralston copes with an unemployed husband, takes care of her newborn baby, and follows the scant leads left by a gang of killer bankrobbers

Police officer Deb Ralston of Fort Worth, Tex. ( Death Warmed Over ), near the end of her maternity leave, is present during a bank holdup and watches helplessly as the bandits collect their loot and escape with a teenaged hostage, one of the tellers. Despite Deb's single-minded efforts to track down the thieves, the hostage is killed and more robberies and killings occur. The pressures of home life and the investigation are grim, though relieved by narrator Deb's earthy humor. There's nothing to laugh at, however, when Deb is caught by the murderers she confronts all by herself. Believable or not, Deb's breezily reported exploits make a heady reading adventure.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

With a light hand and sure dispatch, Martin whips up a police procedural which effectively mixes bank robbery, hostage-taking, and murder. Narrator/policewoman Deb Ralston, juggling out-of-work husband, new baby, teenager, and career, happens to be in line when two ski-masked men and their getaway "moll" rob a bank and take a young teller hostage. They elude police, kill the hostage and others, and rob more banks. Ralston races to identify the perpetrators before they kill again. Ralston's domestic situation contributes sympathetic background, while the constant action assures reader attention.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.