New
York City. A Chinese woman was brutally murdered and Jeremiah Cotton, a young
cop with the NYPD, just can't let go. He suspects that the woman is the victim
of a serial killer, but no one believes him and he is taken off the case. While
carrying out an unauthorized investigation, Cotton encounters a division of the
FBI whose existence no one knows about: the "G-Team." Stubborn and
persistent, Cotton asks uncomfortable questions about the mysterious unit - and
runs afoul of Special Agent Philippa "Phil" Decker in the process.
When he narrowly escapes an attempt on his life, Cotton realizes that this is
no ordinary killer hunt and the hotter the case is getting, the more determined
he is to stay involved ...
A new
legend is born! COTTON FBI is a remake of a world famous cult series with more
than one billion copies sold and appears bi-weekly with a self-contained story
in each e-book episode.
Cotton FBI (Murder Mystery)
Episode #1 The Beginning
By Mario Giordano
Bastei Entertainment
(Germany)
ISBN #978-3838747545
Kindle BOOHCBGYUA
Price $1.99
93 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“Fast Action, Well Written,
With Interesting Characters.”
Patrolman Jeremiah Cotton and his partner stop in a
seedy part of the city, and his partner leaves the car to check on Asian prostitutes
that are paying him for protection, something that angers Cotton, but he can’t
do anything about the situation. More than one cop in the city is crooked. While
his partner is away, a Chinese woman passes the patrol car, and he notices a
weapon tucked under her blouse in back. Suspicious, he follows her into a
building, and hearing the sound of a body crashing to the floor he enters a
room to investigate. As he sees the young woman on the floor in a pool of
blood, he senses movement behind him then the blur of a hand and he’s knocked
to the floor. The assailant escapes before he can get up. Calling for
assistance, he’s arrested when patrols arrive on the scene. Taken to the police
station, Cotton is interrogated by the FBI.
The FBI have been investigating a serial killer of Asian
prostitutes in several States bordering New York, and the woman Cotton had
followed into the building was an FBI Special Agent on the case. When he
continues to stick his nose into the investigation, he discovers the unit she
was assigned to was the G-Team, a special FBI unit. As Cotton comes up with
more clues, the Team eventually allows him in, and the story follows their
investigation into an even deeper motive than the murder of prostitutes.
Cotton was originally a German Dime Novel character,
but has been brought back by Bastie Entertainment, with new writers and modern
sensibilities. The series is planned to continue under the authorship of
several new writers. The story begins when Cotton and his family come to New
York from Iowa to visit his sister. He has just finished high school, and
doesn’t know what his future holds. A thief steels his wallet, forcing him to
chase him down, and delaying his arrival at his sister’s office. When he
arrives at the building and starts up, there is an explosion from above. It’s
September 11, 2001, and he’s in the Twin Trade Towers during the terrorist
attack. His sister and parents are killed, and he is dug out of the rubble,
almost dead. It was while lying beneath the debris that he decides to become a
policeman and help people.
This short novel is a fast paced action mystery, and
well written, with interesting characters. It will be a good series to follow
if it receives enough attention from readers. Highly recommended to mystery and
action fans.
Tom Johnson
Detective Mystery Stories
I never read any of the books, but I've watched a couple of the old movies. Interesting. Hope they brink Komissar X back as well.
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