Internal Affairs is the debut novel for Connie Dial, but in June 2010, The Permanent Press will publish her second novel The Broken Blue Line. The second book will continue the story of Mike Turner. He is back in Internal Affairs but as a member of a special surveillance squad hunting bad cops.
Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press Publication date: June 2009 Available for purchase: immediately Synopsis: Jim McGann, a deputy chief with the LAPD, goes out for his morning jog, only to find a cop car parked in front of his house. In the trunk is the mutilated body of Alexandra Williams, a police officer who had been having an affair with McGann. It’s a disastrous situation for the department brass, who would like to keep it from the public and quickly find the culprit. It’s also an opportunity for Sergeant Mike Turner of the Internal Affairs Division to get back to what he’s liked most about police work; following clues and his instincts to get to the bottom of this case without falling afoul of the upper echelons of the department. Genre: Police/crime
New Monologues for Women by Women
New Monologues for Women by Women
Publisher: Heinemann Publication date: 2004 Available for purchase: 2004 Synopsis: A collection of fifty-nine monologues with tips on auditioning with a monologue. My monologue on page 34-35 is titled “Circles.” An old woman sits in her bedroom remembering her life and sometimes disappointing relationship with her deceased husband. Genre: Anthology
The Broken Blue Line
The Broken Blue Line by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press Publication date: June 2010 Available for purchase: unknown Synopsis: Detective Mike Turner hates dirty cops worse than criminals. He’s back in LAPD’s Internal Affairs, assigned to a special surveillance squad where he encounters a trio of uniformed thugs who prey on the city they’ve sworn to protect and serve. Despite interference from department supervisors and betrayal by those closest to him, Turner pursues the dangerous, heavily-armed renegades until they target him, and it nearly costs him not only the job he loves but his life. He’s a veteran street cop who follows a trail of death and violence from the environs of Los Angeles to its bloody conclusion in the mountains of central California. Genre: Police/Crime
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Internal Affairs is the debut novel for Connie Dial, but in June 2010, The Permanent Press will publish her second novel The Broken Blue Line. The second book will continue the story of Mike Turner. He is back in Internal Affairs but as a member of a special surveillance squad hunting bad cops.
Internal Affairs
Internal Affairs by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: June 2009
Available for purchase: immediately
Synopsis: Jim McGann, a deputy chief with the LAPD, goes out for his morning jog, only to find a cop car parked in front of his house. In the trunk is the mutilated body of Alexandra Williams, a police officer who had been having an affair with McGann. It’s a disastrous situation for the department brass, who would like to keep it from the public and quickly find the culprit. It’s also an opportunity for Sergeant Mike Turner of the Internal Affairs Division to get back to what he’s liked most about police work; following clues and his instincts to get to the bottom of this case without falling afoul of the upper echelons of the department.
Genre: Police/crime
New Monologues for Women by Women
New Monologues for Women by Women
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 2004
Available for purchase: 2004
Synopsis: A collection of fifty-nine monologues with tips on auditioning with a monologue. My monologue on page 34-35 is titled “Circles.” An old woman sits in her bedroom remembering her life and sometimes disappointing relationship with her deceased husband.
Genre: Anthology
The Broken Blue Line
The Broken Blue Line by Connie Dial
Publisher: The Permanent Press
Publication date: June 2010
Available for purchase: unknown
Synopsis: Detective Mike Turner hates dirty cops worse than criminals. He’s back in LAPD’s Internal Affairs, assigned to a special surveillance squad where he encounters a trio of uniformed thugs who prey on the city they’ve sworn to protect and serve. Despite interference from department supervisors and betrayal by those closest to him, Turner pursues the dangerous, heavily-armed renegades until they target him, and it nearly costs him not only the job he loves but his life. He’s a veteran street cop who follows a trail of death and violence from the environs of Los Angeles to its bloody conclusion in the mountains of central California.
Genre: Police/Crime