CORRUPTED SOULS

Chicago detective Joe Erickson returns to the force following medical leave, and right away a high-profile murder falls in his lap. The body of a graduate student, the son of a prominent Jewish attorney, washes up on the shore of Lake Michigan with a swastika cut into his back. The hate-crime investigation leads Joe and his partner to suspect neo-Nazis, and as he digs deeper into the young man’s death, he uncovers a conspiracy that nearly gets him killed.

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"Like Harry Bosch in LA and Vic Lenoski in Pittsburgh, Lynn-Steven Johanson’s Joe Erickson is a detective struggling with his own inner demons as he takes on a case full of twists that requires all of his skill and intuition to solve. Johanson masterfully proves that sometimes a murder is just the tip of the iceberg."  

~ Justin M. Kiska, author of Parker City Mysteries

“Chicago comes to life in Lynn-Steven Johanson's new page turner. Full of twists and turns, Corrupted Souls promises fans of police procedurals a favorite new detective to root for.” 

~ Jen Collins Moore, author of the Maggie White Mysteries

“A cold case and the murder of a police captain combine to propel this fast-paced, engaging police procedural novel! Fans of Michael Connelly and Ed McBain will find much to love here!” 

~ Richard Helms, Shamus Award-winning author

of A Kind of Savage Place

“When Detective Joe Erickson's police captain is executed in cold blood, the trail leads to corruption at the highest level of Chicago politics. Johanson has knocked it out of the park again.” 

~ Susan Van Kirk, author of the Art Center Mysteries

and the Endurance Mysteries