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Abuse of Power

by Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
Barbara Rosenblat
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Nancy Taylor Rosenberg has worked for the Dallas Police Department, the New Mexico State Police, and the Ventura Police. She also has served as a deputy probation officer and was assigned to court services. From these years as a law officer, she draws the raw material for her New York Times best-selling suspense novels. Abuse of Power follows the career of Rachel Simmons, a young widow, the mother of two children, and a police officer recently assigned to a new division. When she uncovers a perilous web of blackmail and corruption within her department, she must decide which of her roles is most important—officer or member of the team. But when her children are threatened, she is faced with an even more painful choice. Filled with danger, suspense and excitement, this is best-selling author Nancy Taylor Rosenberg at her best. Her fans know they can count on her to deliver novels packed with true-to-life struggles in the gritty world behind the badge. Narrator Barbara Rosenblat adds just the right touches of tough courage and determination to her performance.

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  • Release date

    March 3, 2016

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781449871093
      • File size: 367345 KB
      • Duration: 12:45:18

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      A young female police officer with a precarious personal life makes a painful choice to fight the corruption that permeates her department. She's finally triumphant, but at a dreadful price. This can't have been an easy book to record. It's often intense and brutal, occasionally moving, never sentimental. Rosenblat achieves an ideal narrative tone: deeply involved but never indulgent or sensational, reflecting perfectly the humane tough-mindedness of the writing. While she's not a mimic who gives each character a highly distinctive sound, all her characters have conviction and individuality. Steadily she guides us through this gritty exploration of a dense web of social and political issues. J.N. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 3, 1997
      In her fifth crime thriller, Rosenberg (Trial by Fire) discards her bestselling formula of vigilantism triumphant, and the result isn't pretty. Many sad and terrible things happen to policewoman Rachel Simmons. Rachel, we soon learn, was kidnapped and abused as a child. Her husband died of cancer, leaving her with crippling debts and two children. Her job on the police department of the (fictional) city of Oak Grove in California's Ventura County is very stressful and about to become unbearable, and her second job, as a security guard, leaves her little time for sleep or family. Add to that a crew of fellow night-shift cops that includes a brutal rapist, a burnout with a severe eating disorder, an illegal Pakistani immigrant desperately masquerading as an Italian and a sergeant whose rampant sexism is the least of his failings, and the scenario goes from grim to grimmer. When one of her colleagues causes a teenage boy's death by using him as a shield, Rachel blows the whistle. In response, the other cops descend from nastiness into visciousness. One of them beats and sexually assaults her, then threatens to do the same to her teenage daughter. Rachel's home is bugged, and she's accused of stealing drug money. Rachel fights back, as all Rosenberg heroines do, but her fate, despite being played out suspensefully and with brisk pacing, may leave readers feeling even more manipulated than they bargained for. Major ad/promo; Literary Guild selection; simultaneous Penguin audio.

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