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

"You know," Jessie said, "I can't stop thinking about that picture you showed me of Jake's bedroom." She frowned, "There's something about that teddy bear in the photo that has me curious."


"Sure," he said and pulled it from the pile sitting on his table. 


"When Abby first told me her story and quest to find her missing brother, she finished off by saying the one thing that gave her comfort was knowing her brother had his teddy bear with him."


Zach frowned. She nodded, a slight gloat on her face. "Jess, every kid in America has a teddy bear. That's not much of a coincidence."


"Yeah, but she described the bear as being on its last legs, and the bear in the photo looks the same way. Look at the circle around the eye. You don't buy a teddy bear looking like that. The ear's missing. How did that happen?"


Chapter 98: A NEW CLUE