H.R.F. Keating: A Detective under Fire (USA 2004)

From the Publisher:
Detective Chief Inspector Harriet Martens is nicknamed the "Hard Detective" because of her tough stance. In Detective Under Fire, she must turn attention from the criminal world to her own police department, as she is put in charge of an internal investigation.

After a newspaper article hints at major scandal in the prestigious Maximum Crime Squad, Harriet Martens is surprised to be chosen head of the investigation. Martens got the nickname the "Hard Detective" for her reputation for being tough on crime, but she is still relatively lowranking, especially for such an ultrasensitive case. She later learns she got the job because one of the powers above considers her "a female gentleman." Her crew unfortunately has a different view of her character, which doesn't help her get to the bottom of the scandal.

H.R.F. Keating: A Detective under Fire. A Mystery with "Hard Detective" Harriet Martens. Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, ISBN: 0312316577 (February, 2004), 249 p., $23.95.

H.R.F. Keating: A Detective under Fire (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
The third part in the trilogy featuring DCI Harriet Martens, following THE HARD DETECTIVE and DETECTIVE IN LOVE.
Detective Superintendent Harriet Martens has experienced many things in her career. Nicknamed the 'Hard Detective' for her tough approach to crime, she has also found herself in the throes of love with a fellow officer. But never before has she had to fight so hard to prove her worth as now. For Harriet's attention is focused not on the criminal fraternity at large, but on the very guardians against crime. She has been asked to head an inquiry into the prestigious Maximum Crimes Squad, which has been accused of corruption. And it is down to Harriet to uncover the truth, however unpopular it might make her...

H.R.F. Keating: A Detective under Fire. Pan, ISBN: 033049385X (November, 2003), 249 p., £6.99.

H.R.F. Keating: A Detective under Fire (UK 2002)

From the Publisher:
Harriet Martens, named 'the Hard Detective' by the media because of her unrelenting opposition to every sort of evil-doing, has been secretly summoned to London to investigate corruption in the country's most prestigious crime-fighting team, the elite Maximum Crimes Squad. And she suddenly finds herself under fire.

Not only is she opposed at every turn by the head of the Squad, the popular, macho cop known as the Boxer, but she is menaced by mysterious figures from its current target, the worldwide Colombian network making even more money from people smuggling than from drugs smuggling. Then, as she begins to get nearer to finding out who at the top of the Squad is in the enemy's pay, she comes under fire from yet another elite - the press.

The Inspector of Constabulary who has brought Harriet down to London believes that she is enough of an elite figure herself to withstand all the fire. But is she?

H.R.F. Keating: A Detective under Fire. Macmillan, ISBN: 1405001070 (November, 2002), 249 p., £17.99.