First One Down: A Paul Sutton Novel

Cold Case Detective Paul Sutton has dedicated his life to evil.

Finding it.

Ending it.

To bringing justice to the dead and answers to the living. His life is spent straddling the line between the light of truth and the darkness of man's blackest sins. The Detective Paul Sutton series begins with First One Down when Sutton is given a second chance to solve the case that's haunted him for two years.

Behind the mask of light lay darkness...

It took San Diego Detective Paul Sutton exactly eleven days to realize retirement wasn't going to work out for him. Back on the job as a Cold Case Detective, Sutton has the chance to delve deeper into the only case of his career he'd been unable to solve. A woman's tortured body had been abandoned on a beach. Her tormented husband has never stopped grieving. And a missing woman may hold the key to unlocking a deadly puzzle.

How does a girl who has everything going for her find herself in such a mess? Driven in her career, but careless in love, Kali Hanson is in thrall to the one man who can fulfill the dark desires within her. But after an act of ultimate betrayal, she finds herself tangled in a web of deceit, where a charming mask can conceal a monstrous soul, and the brightest light is in danger of being extinguished in the depths of darkness.

As boundaries blur and the difference between truth and lies becomes indistinguishable, Detective Sutton finds himself in a race against a ticking clock. Only one thing is certain: if Sutton doesn't stop him, the monster will keep on killing, and another innocent woman will be lost forever to his darkness. But Sutton is not about to let evil win this time.

Notice: This mystery-thriller is for Mature Audiences due to moderately graphic sexual scenes, violence, and adult language.

Other Books in the Detective Paul Sutton series:

Second Sight, Book Two, is set to release late summer 2017

Third Strike, Book Three, is set to release Spring 2018

Author: R. J. Belle
Publisher: Rj Belle Books
Published: 06/21/2017
Pages: 246
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780996623551

About the Author
Belle, R. J.: - R.J. Belle began writing as a teenager as a way to express her creative side. After spending fifteen years in the lending industry, she left her career to write full time and published the thriller First One Down, introducing Detective Paul Sutton. The second novel in the series will release in the summer of 2017. R.J. has also written After: The Battle Has Just Begun, eight true stories of combat-injured service members who sustained life-altering injuries and the impacts on the caregivers who support these men. 100% of the proceeds from this book benefit Warrior Foundation Freedom Station. She is also the author of Transfer Of Pain: After Suicide, A Journey Of Healing, about her personal grief journey after the loss of her father to suicide. R.J. lives in Southern California with her family. She works on her detective skills by finding her daughter's lost Shopkins and investigating when her English Bulldogs bark at night. She enjoys writing, reading, running, and coffee.