Free (Kindle) The Academy by Robert Dugoni [Sister-Avenging Cop Training Procedural]

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The Academy: A Short Story by Robert Dugoni (SYKM) is an introductory prequel short to his Tracy Crosswhite series of contemporary police procedurals, this story covering the background of how a former chemistry teacher became motivated to become a homicide detective in order to solve her sister's murder despite the obstacles in her way during training, free courtesy of publisher Amazon's exclusive Thomas & Mercer imprint.

Incidentally, the 1st-in-series, My Sister's Grave, which presumably solves said murder, is a finalist for the Thriller Award for Best Paperback, according to SYKM.

Currently free for several years now as a long-term introductory offering @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else that they sell worldwide, since this is from their exclusive imprint)

Description
Quitting her job as a high school science teacher to join the Seattle Police Department was an easy decision for Tracy Crosswhite. Years earlier, what should have been one of the happiest days of her life instead became her worst nightmare when her younger sister, Sarah, disappeared. After the murder trial, while her family disintegrated, Tracy turned her heartbreak and her lingering questions into a passion for justice.

But people don’t just become world-class detectives. If Tracy wants to uncover the truth about what happened to her sister, first she must be forged in the fires of the Police Academy, where not everyone wants her to succeed.