Kathy Bennett

Kathy Bennett served twenty-nine years with the Los Angeles Police Department – eight as a civilian employee and twenty-one years as a sworn police officer. While most of her career was spent in a patrol car, Kathy has also been a firearms instructor at the LAPD Academy, a crime analyst in the “War Room”, a field-training officer, a senior lead officer, and undercover officer for various assignments. Kathy was named Officer of the Year in 1997, an honor she holds dear.

Kathy's debut novel, A Dozen Deadly Roses is a bestselling e-book. Barnes & Noble chose her second novel, A Deadly Blessing, as a Best Book of 2012. Kathy's third book, A Deadly Justice, became a bestselling police procedural novel. Readers have praised her fourth book, A Deadly Denial, as her best book yet. Kathy is currently working on her next book.

Kathy lives in Idaho with her husband and their two energetic Labrador retrievers.