The Kensington-Gerard Detective series follows the careers of NYPD Homicide Detectives Jessie Kensington and her partner Zachary Gerard as they fight crime in the city that never sleeps. Jessie is a good detective, but is damaged with commitment issues that have a fearsome grip on her present. Gerard’s been around law all his life as seen through the eyes of his father, a hotshot attorney with a reputation for racking up not guilty verdicts on his son’s cases. That only adds to their already tenuous relationship.
Greed, betrayal, sexual tension, threats on their lives, abductions, and missing witnesses makes for an ongoing parade of cases that seem unsolvable, but the fascination of seeing the evidence mount, regardless of setbacks, the pieces of the puzzle always seem to fit into a nice neat little package. In the end, persistence on Zach’s part opens Jessie’s mind to the fullness of a life her heritage has denied her. THE KENSINGTON-GERARD DETECTIVE SERIES IS CREATED BY K. T. ROBERTS

Kensington-Gerard Detective Series

 Zach pulled up in front of the foster home where Jake had been placed, wondering how things were going. Exiting the car, he surveyed the property when he noticed a group of young boys playing in the backyard. He didn't see Jake among them but realized they could have been neighboring kids using the yard. 


The property was a decent size lot for a City Island neighborhood and was inland from the harbor. Probably a blessing for the foster parents living on the island...one less thing they had to worry about with young kids living in their home. He wondered if the Hodges were what they called clamdiggers, a name the City Islanders gave to those who were born on the island, as opposed to musslesuckers, who were imports into the community. Zach realized he fell under the latter.


Chapter 76: A TEMPORARY HOME