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Part murder mystery, part political thriller, Rock Creek is an epic work of historical fiction set in Washington, D.C. It's the most important city in the world in 1952, but at its heart it's still a small Southern town deeply divided along race and class boundaries. With big themes, bigger characters, and enduring spirit, Rock Creek expertly weaves an evocative tale in small, ineffable moments, telling the story of what happens to those who try to cross D.C.'s dividing lines. Emily Rose is a beautiful Capitol Hill staffer with a tragic past, rooted in the Holocaust, that she can never quite seem to escape. She's dumped and abandoned in Rock Creek Park, a lush urban wilderness with its own haunted history. Shane Kinnock is a homicide detective at the lowest point of his life and career, still shell-shocked from the war and scarred by loss. He sees the prospect of redemption in the mystery of Emily's death, but he'll find that her story draws him close to insanity. Race and intolerance, injustice and protest, publishing and politics, sex and ambition, gambling and government: Rock Creek brings to life a time and place that are so distant, yet still seem so close. In advance of its 2024 publication, Rock Creek has been praised by James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor, David Swinson, author of The Second Girl, and Andy Kroll, author of A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy.

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"PRAISE FOR ""ROCK CREEK"" BY KEVIN FLYNN ""Flynn combines the best of noir detective fiction with spartan, affecting prose ... Flynn's writing also drives the story of a young woman with a tortured past and intertwines it with the protagonist's determination to solve the mystery of her death. Overall, it's a riveting whodunit with surprising twists that call to mind the works of Raymond Chandler. An affecting and compelling crime novel."" Kirkus Reviews ""Rock Creek is more than a great crime thriller. Rock Creek is a glimpse of the true Washington, D.C. in the post atom bomb days that created and still propel our current times. Kevin Flynn has done a wonderful service to readers everywhere by creating fiction that reveals truths."" James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor and The Smoke in Our Eyes, published by Pegasus Crime in February 2024 ""When disgraced detective Shane Kinnock's investigation of a skull recovered in Rock Creek Park yields more questions than answers, he becomes ensnared in a web of corruption and deceit from which few will be spared. Set in Washington D.C. in the 1950s, and at the cusp of the civil rights movement, Rock Creek is both a heart-warming and heartbreaking mystery. A must read."" David Swinson, author of The Second Girl and Sweet Thing, published by Mulholland Books in November 2023 ""Kevin Flynn's Rock Creek is a riveting tale of murder and justice, race and class, power and corruption. Vivid and propulsive, Rock Creek transported me back to an era in the nation's capital when Washington, D.C., emerged from wartime as the most important city in the world and yet remained a stubbornly small Southern town. I could hear and see and smell that bygone Washington as I read this book. But it's the characters Flynn brings to life that stay with me, a cast of devilishly complicated and unforgettable figures whose voices I still hear in my head. I couldn't put this book down."" Andy Kroll, award-winning journalist and author of A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy"

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Kevin Flynn prosecuted violent crimes in Washington, DC for the Department of Justice for more than thirty-five years, and he is the author of two books: Relentless Pursuit, his non-fiction account of a horrific murder case and its impact on two families, and the upcoming Rock Creek, a mystery thriller set in DC in 1952.Relentless Pursuit was acclaimed nationwide by multiple publications including the Washington Post and USA Today. Most notably, in 2008 Relentless Pursuit was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for an Edgar Award in the category of true crime. In advance of its 2024 publication, Rock Creek has been praised by James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor, and David Swinson, author of The Second Girl.

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