Bite Back

For criminals who profit from abusing animals, murdering a human - or three - is just another business decision.

In the thrilling third book of the Casey Stafford detective series, the LAPD's sharpest homicide cop follows a murdered journalist's trail into the darkest corner of Los Angeles: the greed-driven California puppy sales trade.

When a Los Angeles Times reporter is stabbed to death on a quiet Hollywood street, Casey expects a mugging gone wrong. What he finds instead is a conspiracy starting from a puppy mill in Ohio and leading to the brutal murders of at least three people - at the hands of Casey's most dangerous suspect so far: Dax Edwards, pit bull breeder, knife fighter, stone-cold killer.

Fast, funny, and impossible to put down, Bite Back is everything fans of Michael Connelly and John Sandford love about LA crime fiction - razor-sharp procedural detail, an irresistible protagonist, and a dog named Pancake who just might steal the whole show.

"This is a kick-ass crime novel!" - Tod Goldberg, NY Times Bestselling Author

Praise for the Casey Stafford Series:

"Superb." - Lou Berney, Edgar Award-winning author of Dark Ride

"The Casey Stafford series just keeps getting better and better - don't miss this one." - Wes Miller, former Executive Editor, Grand Central Publishing

"An exhilarating thriller. Get it." - Kirkus Reviews

"It's a wild, gritty ride ... don't let the palm trees fool ya." - Tracy Clark, award-winning author of the Cass Raines Chicago Mystery Series

Author: George Prior
Publisher: Prospect & Main
Published: 06/19/2026
Pages: 410
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.02d
ISBN13: 9798991023740
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Police Procedural
- Fiction | Crime

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