Corrupt Blue Line (Crime Story Short Series) (eBook, ePUB)
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Detective Mark Ashton and his partner, Ricky "Ric" Valdez, are celebrated for their high arrest rate, but their success masks a web of corruption. They take bribes, protect drug operations, and frame innocents to close cases. When a young man they frame receives a long sentence, Mark faces a crisis of conscience. Haunted by guilt, he grows disillusioned and begins to question their actions. He witnesses the brutal work of "The Silencer," a fixer for the criminal underworld they protect, and the toll it takes on an innocent family. Meanwhile, investigative journalist Isabella "Isa" Ruiz starts ...
Detective Mark Ashton and his partner, Ricky "Ric" Valdez, are celebrated for their high arrest rate, but their success masks a web of corruption. They take bribes, protect drug operations, and frame innocents to close cases. When a young man they frame receives a long sentence, Mark faces a crisis of conscience. Haunted by guilt, he grows disillusioned and begins to question their actions. He witnesses the brutal work of "The Silencer," a fixer for the criminal underworld they protect, and the toll it takes on an innocent family. Meanwhile, investigative journalist Isabella "Isa" Ruiz starts probing a series of suspicious cases, uncovering inconsistencies that suggest police misconduct. Driven by remorse, Mark anonymously leaks information to Isa, hoping to expose the corruption and ease his guilt.
Isa's investigation gains momentum, revealing a pattern of corrupt activities linked to Mark and Ric. Ric grows suspicious when dormant cases resurface in the news. Noticing Mark's erratic behavior, he begins to suspect him as the source of the leaks. To test Mark's loyalty, Ric pressures him into increasingly unethical acts, but Mark's resistance only heightens Ric's suspicions. Determined to protect their empire, Ric launches his own investigation to identify the leaker, using his influence to track the source. The Silencer, concerned about the scrutiny, demands Ric find and eliminate the leak. Isa and Mark develop a cautious, anonymous rapport. Though she trusts the information, Isa remains wary of Mark's identity and motives.
Ric uncovers evidence linking Mark to the leaks and confronts him. Mark denies it at first but eventually pleads for redemption when Ric presents the evidence. Unwilling to risk everything, Ric decides Mark must be silenced to protect their operation. Realizing the danger, Mark fully cooperates with Isa, providing irrefutable evidence of their activities and implicating high-ranking officers, including Captain Jenkins. A tense cat-and-mouse game ensues, with Ric hunting Mark while Mark races to expose the truth. The climax unfolds during a sting operation set up by Jenkins, intended to eliminate both Mark and Ric. Mark and Isa orchestrate a trap, forcing Ric to choose between loyalty and self-preservation. A violent shootout erupts. In the aftermath, Mark and Ric both survive, but their partnership is irreparably broken. Mark turns himself in, seeking atonement for his sins, while Ric escapes the law, living with the constant threat of exposure. Ric is found months later dead in a New York hotel with a bullet in his head shot execution style. He was found to have owed a lot of money to the mob.
Isa's investigation gains momentum, revealing a pattern of corrupt activities linked to Mark and Ric. Ric grows suspicious when dormant cases resurface in the news. Noticing Mark's erratic behavior, he begins to suspect him as the source of the leaks. To test Mark's loyalty, Ric pressures him into increasingly unethical acts, but Mark's resistance only heightens Ric's suspicions. Determined to protect their empire, Ric launches his own investigation to identify the leaker, using his influence to track the source. The Silencer, concerned about the scrutiny, demands Ric find and eliminate the leak. Isa and Mark develop a cautious, anonymous rapport. Though she trusts the information, Isa remains wary of Mark's identity and motives.
Ric uncovers evidence linking Mark to the leaks and confronts him. Mark denies it at first but eventually pleads for redemption when Ric presents the evidence. Unwilling to risk everything, Ric decides Mark must be silenced to protect their operation. Realizing the danger, Mark fully cooperates with Isa, providing irrefutable evidence of their activities and implicating high-ranking officers, including Captain Jenkins. A tense cat-and-mouse game ensues, with Ric hunting Mark while Mark races to expose the truth. The climax unfolds during a sting operation set up by Jenkins, intended to eliminate both Mark and Ric. Mark and Isa orchestrate a trap, forcing Ric to choose between loyalty and self-preservation. A violent shootout erupts. In the aftermath, Mark and Ric both survive, but their partnership is irreparably broken. Mark turns himself in, seeking atonement for his sins, while Ric escapes the law, living with the constant threat of exposure. Ric is found months later dead in a New York hotel with a bullet in his head shot execution style. He was found to have owed a lot of money to the mob.
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