A true crime. An action-packed fictional twist. Former journalist J.C. Paulson takes fact—an unsolved possible homicide—and turns it into an action-packed fictional exploration of criminal minds in her second novel, Broken Through. A dead dog. A smashed car. A wild storm . . . and then, a violent death. The quiet streets of a Prairie city have rarely seen such brutality. Tough crime reporter Grace Rampling is covering the case until it suddenly becomes very a close friend is on the front line of danger. Grace's lover, Detective Sgt. Adam Davis, is forced to return home from a conference, confront his PTSD and find a murderer before he, or she, kills again. And as Adam knows, a psychopath never commits just one crime. Best Mystery at the Indie Originals Literature Competition, June 2019.