The Lt. Leroy Powder Novels Series
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Two decades on the Night Cover for the Indianapolis PD can wear a cop down. For Lt. Leroy Powder, the difference between right and wrong has gotten as murky as the coffee that gets him through the night.
Burglaries, nickel-and-dime drug deals gone haywire, punks being punks, even a bomb scare—it all comes with the territory. But at the end of a particularly grueling shift, Lieutenant Powder gets a call from an informant who claims he’s found a dead body.
Turns out Johnny Uncle was telling the truth. Beyond that the facts get shaky. Besides the victim’s obvious lack of breathing, the only other certainty is that the hands were sledgehammered postmortem to prevent identification.
Lieutenant Powder has seen his share of by-the-book murders. But something tells the grizzled veteran there’s a killer going way off script. And that the story has just begun—and that the night is far from over.
Night Cover is the 1st book in the Lt. Leroy Powder Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Titles in the series (3)
- Hard Line
The Edgar Award–nominated author of the Albert Samson mysteries returns with “another first-rate, fast-moving police procedural” featuring Lt. Leroy Powder (Publishers Weekly). Nineteen years in Night Cover for the Indianapolis PD and suddenly Lt. Leroy Powder gets a new job description. The surly cop may have honed his instincts for solving crimes, but he can’t tell if heading the Missing Persons Bureau is a promotion, demotion, or something in between. And then he gets a new partner thrown at him. Sure, Sgt. Carollee Fleetwood is a decorated cop who took a bullet for a fellow officer, but all Lieutenant Powder sees is a woman rolling around in a wheelchair. And there’s no time to be sensitive and diplomatic when there’s a job to be done. As Powder and Fleetwood test each other, they never lose sight of the case at hand—no matter how strange the details. Case by case, from missing loves to missing lovers, the two seasoned detectives slowly gain each other’s grudging respect. And no matter how vicious the jokes get, neither will ever crack a smile. Hard Line is the 2nd book in the Lt. Leroy Powder Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
- Late Payments
“With complexity worthy of Ross Macdonald”, the award-winning author of Hard Line delivers a tightly crafted police procedural featuring Lt. Leroy Powder (Publishers Weekly). Nineteen years in Night Cover plus five years running the Missing Persons Bureau in the Indianapolis PD has certainly distinguished Lt. Leroy Powder’s already salty humor. It’s also granted him an unusual appreciation for the breadth of human behavior. When a twelve-year-old kid struts into the precinct claiming his father’s missing, Powder’s instincts tell him this won’t be a simple case. But neither is the fact that a sick killer is on the loose, targeting the city’s paraplegics. And now he’s got to play dad to his own son fresh out of an eighteen-month stint in prison. For Powder, it’s enough inspiration to crack an ill-timed joke or two, especially when the Feds suspect the lieutenant’s not playing it straight. Regardless, it’s time to get justice done. The question is who’s going to pay for it. Late Payments is the 3rd book in the Lt. Leroy Powder Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
- Night Cover
When the sun goes down, all bets are off in this gritty, “exhilaratingly alive” crime novel from the author of the celebrated Albert Samson mysteries (The New Yorker). Two decades on the Night Cover for the Indianapolis PD can wear a cop down. For Lt. Leroy Powder, the difference between right and wrong has gotten as murky as the coffee that gets him through the night. Burglaries, nickel-and-dime drug deals gone haywire, punks being punks, even a bomb scare—it all comes with the territory. But at the end of a particularly grueling shift, Lieutenant Powder gets a call from an informant who claims he’s found a dead body. Turns out Johnny Uncle was telling the truth. Beyond that the facts get shaky. Besides the victim’s obvious lack of breathing, the only other certainty is that the hands were sledgehammered postmortem to prevent identification. Lieutenant Powder has seen his share of by-the-book murders. But something tells the grizzled veteran there’s a killer going way off script. And that the story has just begun—and that the night is far from over. Night Cover is the 1st book in the Lt. Leroy Powder Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Michael Z Lewin
Michael Z. Lewin has been writing mysteries, stories, and other fiction for more than forty years. Raised in Indianapolis, many of his books have been set there. More recent fiction, including the "Family" novels and stories, have been set in England where he currently lives. His writing has received many awards and generous reviews. Details of many of these, and a lot of other information, is available on his website.
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