Law and Crime author series, writer Kevin Flynn, Rock Creek a novel.

Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

True Crime, Military, Law Enforcement, Crime

4.4 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Part murder mystery, part political thriller, Rock Creek is an epic work of historical fiction set in Washington, D.C. It's the most important city in the world in 1952, but at its heart it's still a small Southern town deeply divided along race and class boundaries. With big themes, bigger characters, and enduring spirit, Rock Creek expertly weaves an evocative tale in small, ineffable moments, telling the story of what happens to those who try to cross D.C.'s dividing lines. Emily Rose is a beautiful Capitol Hill staffer with a tragic past, rooted in the Holocaust, that she can never quite seem to escape. She's dumped and abandoned in Rock Creek Park, a lush urban wilderness with its own haunted history. Shane Kinnock is a homicide detective at the lowest point of his life and career, still shell-shocked from the war and scarred by loss. He sees the prospect of redemption in the mystery of Emily's death, but he'll find that her story draws him close to insanity. Race and intolerance, injustice and protest, publishing and politics, sex and ambition, gambling and government: Rock Creek brings to life a time and place that are so distant, yet still seem so close. In advance of its 2024 publication, Rock Creek has been praised by James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor, David Swinson, author of The Second Girl, and Andy Kroll, author of A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Police Off the Cuff Real Crime Stories.
0:05.6	This is a little bit of a different show.
0:07.1	This is part of our crime and author series.
0:10.7	And I have a really interesting author coming on today.
0:14.2	And I'm going to put the book up on the screen that he's written.
0:18.0	I'm excited to introduce Kevin Flynn, a distinguished author of the
0:22.4	renowned relentless pursuit and former violent crime prosecutor whose latest novel, Rock Creek,
0:29.9	launches on May 14th with over 35 years of battling violent crimes in Washington, D.C.
0:37.3	That's what Kevin brings to his fiction writing.
0:41.6	This book set against the politically charged backdrop of 1952 Washington, D.C. Rock Creek is a
0:48.3	gripping story of deep social divides and political corruption to the highest degree. The story centers around Shane Kinnick, a tormented homicide detective,
1:00.0	who delves into the murky murder of Emily Rose, a Capitol Hill staffer
1:04.0	with a haunting history and the enigmatic shadows of Rock Creek Park.
1:09.0	So we're going to bring Kevin, and I mean, I'm looking forward to this.
1:12.8	This is such an interesting story.
1:15.2	And with someone that not just can write the right, walk to walk, he can do all those
1:21.1	and talk to talk, Kevin Flynn, because he was a prosecutor of 35 years.
1:25.2	So without further ado, I'm going to introduce to you author,
1:29.5	former prosecutor, Kevin Flynn. Kevin, welcome to the show. Oh, thank you, Bill. I'm really
1:34.6	thrilled to the year. You know, Kevin, you know, one of the things, and I cover true crime,
1:40.1	and I've been retired from the NYPD for 13 years. I did 27 years.
1:45.4	And one of the things we notice now, especially in homicide investigation, for that matter,
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