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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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He’s stubborn. She’s tougher. His kid? Already picked the bride.


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A small-town second chance wrapped in danger, desire, and Sharon Sala heart.


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She came home to save the ranch… and found the cowboy she never forgot.


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From reality TV heartbreak to real-life reinvention.


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A missing twin. A deadly cartel. One K-9 team caught in the crossfire.


Proving Ground by Peter Blauner

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Also by Peter Blauner:

Picture in the Sand, March 2024
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Picture in the Sand, January 2023
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Sunrise Highway, September 2018
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Proving Ground, May 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Casino Moon, June 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Slipping into Darkness, January 2006
Hardcover

PROVING GROUND
By: Peter Blauner

Lourdes Robles
Minotaur Books
May 2017
On Sale: May 2, 2017
368 pages
ISBN: 1250117445
EAN: 9781250117441
Kindle: B01M22D72D
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery | Thriller Police Procedural

Nathaniel Dresden never really got along with his father, an infamous civil rights lawyer who defended criminals and spearheaded protest movements. As an act of rebellion, Natty joined the U.S. Army and served in Iraq, coming back with a chest full of commendations and a head full of disturbing memories.

But when his father is found murdered near the peaceful confines of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, Natty is forced to deal with the troubled legacy of their unresolved relationship. He also has to fend off the growing suspicions of NYPD Detective Lourdes Robles, a brash Latina cop with something to prove, who thinks Natty might bear some responsibility for his father’s death. Though truth be told, the list of peopleβ€”cops and criminalsβ€”who wanted David Dresden out of the way is long. The search for answers leads Natty and Lourdes into an urban labyrinth where they must confront each otherβ€”and the brutal truths that could destroy them both.

Proving Ground, New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner Peter Blauner’s first novel in more than a decade, is a sweeping crime novel, an intricate story about the quest for redemption, and a vibrant portrait of contemporary New York City, all told in Blauner’s singular voice.

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