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MK Pachan recently retired from the Canadian criminal justice system after a thirty-seven-year career. In 2010, the Governor General of Canada awarded him with the prestigious Corrections Exemplary Service Medal in recognition of his loyal and admirable service to law enforcement in Canada.
Pachan's unique career experiences, coupled with his lifelong love of crime and mystery fiction, inspired him to write Revoked, his first novel, and its sequel, Stampede City, both featuring Detective Cam Clay. He resides in Medicine Hat, Alberta. |
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REVOKED
By MK Pachan FriesenPress Release date Dec. 28, 2017/Revised and re-released 2024 This feels like a bad one. This is the gut feeling of Cam Clay—a seasoned detective in the Calgary Police’s Violent Crimes Division—as he approaches an unassuming house in the city’s northwestern suburbs. It is his first day back at work after thirty days of forced vacation, and nothing can prepare him for the grisly crime scene inside. A mother and child lie brutally murdered. Still reeling from the horrific events that led to his “vacation,” Clay must try and remain calm as he pieces together the scattered facts: the victim’s husband is in jail for battery; her brother, out of prison on parole, is discovered at the scene, but there is no physical evidence to tie him to the crime; and a registered sex offender who lives on the street is found to have had a suspiciously close relationship with the deceased. However, just as the investigation seems to progress towards resolution, everything unravels into more confusion and violence. People continue to die, and it’s clear that someone will do whatever it takes to ensure the truth doesn’t get out. Determined in his pursuit of justice—and endangering aspects of his sanity and romantic life along the way—Cam Clay becomes embroiled in this bloody plot in order to solve the crime. His tireless work soon catches the eye of the unidentified killer, who then turns his murderous sights on Clay and everyone he holds dear. |
PRAISE FOR REVOKED
For a thoroughly engrossing whodunit balanced on step-by-step tightropes of tension, Revoked can't be beat and is highly recommended for detective story enthusiasts who like complex, multifaceted reads - D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
The entire review is available here: :
donovansliteraryservices.com/september-2018-issue.html#rrr
MK Pachan is the authority on detective procedurals. He brings the underbelly of our world to the surface and sets it on fire. Revoked will keep readers up at night, reminding them to double check their locked doors. - Book Review Directory
Read their entire editorial review here:
bookreviewdirectory.com/2018/04/13/editorial-review-revoked/
(Revoked) is compelling and complicated, and the resolution will be tough for mystery lovers to guess. Fans of gritty crime fiction should find a few new twists to enjoy. - Kirkus Reviews
Read their entire review here:
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mk-pachan/revoked/
The entire review is available here: :
donovansliteraryservices.com/september-2018-issue.html#rrr
MK Pachan is the authority on detective procedurals. He brings the underbelly of our world to the surface and sets it on fire. Revoked will keep readers up at night, reminding them to double check their locked doors. - Book Review Directory
Read their entire editorial review here:
bookreviewdirectory.com/2018/04/13/editorial-review-revoked/
(Revoked) is compelling and complicated, and the resolution will be tough for mystery lovers to guess. Fans of gritty crime fiction should find a few new twists to enjoy. - Kirkus Reviews
Read their entire review here:
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mk-pachan/revoked/