For Pittsburgh Bureau of Police detectives Vic Lenoski and his partner Liz Timmons, what starts as a favor for the district attorney—a simple check on a house fire at the home of a public defender—soon becomes something different.
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The local fire chief suspects arson and the public defender's body is found inside...tied to her bed. Worse, as Vic and Liz investigate the victim's life, they discover a string of secrets—each more damning than the last. Those discoveries bring immediate pressure from the DA and their commander to close the case...just as the evidence takes a startling and gut-wrenching turn into Vic and Liz's personal lives.
The Things That are Different provides a powerful second installment of the Vic Lenoski mystery trilogy. Beautifully written, both Hayes and the protagonist clearly have the souls of a poet. This page-turner builds to a gut-wrenching and emotional conclusion, leaving me at the same time satisfied and longing for part three.
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—Annette Dashofy
USA Today Bestselling Author of the multiple-Agatha nominated Zoe Chambers Mysteries