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Title:

Choked up

Author:

Mack, Janey, author.

Series:

Maisie McGrane mystery ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Scrappy Traffic Enforcement agent Maisie McGrane has finally landed her dream job as a Chicago police officer. There's just one catch. She must remain undercover as a meter maid to gather evidence against Stannislav Renko, a charismatic Serbian mobster running a brutal multi-million dollar mobile chop-shop operation. When Maisie is targeted by a killer who leaves a body slumped against her car, Renko comes to her rescue and takes her under his wing. From her perch inside the crime boss's inner circle, Maisie sets up a daring sting operation to take down Renko once and for all. But can she pull it off before her family of overprotective Irish cops and her sexy ex-Army Ranger boyfriend blow her cover?

Physical Description:

354 pages ; 21 cm.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Subject Term:

Parking enforcement agents -- Fiction.

Police -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Kensington Books,

Publication Date:

2016

ISBN:

9781617736926

Publication Information:

New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2016]

Call Number:

MACK

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Summary

"The most engaging new detective in a long time." --Hy Conrad, author of Toured to Death

She's working undercover--and she's in way over her head.

Scrappy Traffic Enforcement agent Maisie McGrane has finally landed her dream job as a Chicago police officer. There's just one catch. She must remain undercover as a meter maid to gather evidence against Stannislav Renko, a charismatic Serbian mobster running a brutal multi-million dollar mobile chop-shop operation.

When Maisie is targeted by a killer who leaves a body slumped against her car, Renko comes to her rescue and takes her under his wing. From her perch inside the crime boss's inner circle, Maisie sets up a daring sting operation to take down Renko once and for all. But can she pull it off before her family of overprotective Irish cops and her sexy ex-Army Ranger boyfriend blow her cover?

Author Notes

Janey Mack grew up always wanting to be a cop but her dad wouldn't let her, so she did the next best thing and created Maisie McGrane, who gets to do everything she can't. She lives with her husband and children in Scottsdale, Arizona, within driving distance of her brothers. Please visit her at janeymack.com.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In Mack's sprightly second Maisie McGrane mystery (after 2015's Time's Up), Maisie, who's been working as a meter maid in Chicago, gets her wish to become a full-fledged police officer, only to be assigned to duty as an undercover agent posing as a meter maid. Target number one is a ring of automobile thieves, which Maisie manages to infiltrate, cozying up to its chieftain, Stannislav "The Bull" Renko. No ordinary car-grabbers, Renko and his gang specialize in high-end luxury cars and collectible models worth up to $1 million each. Renko, who's seeking an attractive companion, decides that Maisie is perfect for the job. Meanwhile, Maisie has to hold her real boyfriend and her own large family of lawyers and cops at arm's length. A wild whirl of plots and counterplots, the book offers occasional hot sex and equally occasional violence. Mouth-watering descriptions of lavish meals are a plus. Agent: Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

Introduced in Time's Up, meter reader Maisie McGrane wants more than anything to follow in the family footsteps by becoming a Chicago police officer. Unfortunately, her father made sure she flunked out of the police academy. Her boyfriend Hank is a mysterious ex-Army Ranger who is unaccountably rich, living in a high-rise security apartment with Maisie. In her new adventure, Maisie is targeted for a beating by one of her boyfriend's powerful former associates, but she is rescued by a steely Serbian mobster named Stannislav Renko. Maisie's dreams of becoming a cop are fulfilled when she is recruited by the Bureau of Organized Crime's Special Unit to work undercover; the catch: she must continue as a meter maid. Verdict Mack's plot is a bit implausible, and the characters are somewhat reminiscent of Janet Evanovich's protagonists, but this is a fair offering in the scrappy female detective genre. Evanovich fans might enjoy.-Sandra Knowles, South Carolina State Lib., Columbia © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.