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 Babylon
Blues
It’s 1994, and veteran homicide detective
John Bowers teams up with his partner
Minola Raye to solve another grisly murder
in Babylon—Portland, Oregon’s fringe
district of losers and forgotten victims. Like
hungry sharks, Babylon’s riffraff feed on the
innocent and vulnerable, and only case-hardened
cops like Bowers seek justice in a system that has no
heart.
 Blue
Butterfly is the first in a series featuring Detective
John Bowers.
Tracking a call
girl's killer through Portland's sleazy sex trade, John uncovers a
police bureau prostitution ring and bags a political primetime
player with an appetite for S&M. While the cops, ME and
prosecutors touch all the bases in a job they sometimes love to
hate, the Bureau's dirty little secrets begin to unravel.
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AUTHOR
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Ray Bates' background and experience as
a criminal investigator working with law enforcement and the criminal
justice system provide the foundation for a series of police
procedurals with hard-hitting realism tempered with sexy romance and
fleshed out characters.Bates
is an Oregon native who divides his time between Portland and the
Oregon Coast where he writes the Bowers' series.
Ray Bates has delivered a fresh, new
police procedural series highlighting the Northwest and Portland,
Oregon in particular. Detective John Bowers and his partner Minola
Raye deliver a satisfying mix of gritty police work, sexy romance and
realistic, forensic sleuthing for crime and mystery fans.
A three-dimensional cast of continuing characters guarantees to keep
readers coming back for more. True-crime novels often lack the
personal drama, sexual tension and interplay of everyday homicide
squads. Bates gives the detectives in the John Bowers’ series
multi-layered personalities who must cope with complex relationships,
bureaucratic politics and gruesome murders while trying to maintain a
normal lifestyle.
What makes this series truly unique is the witty humor and side plots
rich with fast-paced dialogue and actors not bogged down in formulaic
plots. For readers who like to get inside a crime story and work
alongside the homicide team, John Bowers’ procedurals are the perfect
match.
There are seven books in the John Bowers series. Two, BLUE BUTTERFLY
and BABYLON BLUES are available from booksellers now. Watch for the
third book in the series CAMELOT CLUB to be released soon.
You can contact Ray Bates at
WriterRayBates@aol.com
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