Bøger af Kristin Lee Johnson

Keeping children safe isn't just a job for Terrance County Social Worker Leah Danco. After she's taken care of the children of the county, she heads home to help keep her drug-dealing brother out of jail, her paranoid mother out of the psychiatric ward and herself away from the constant draw of the bottle. Theres no energy left to think about letting a man in her life. Leah's resistance doesn't stop Detective Pete Kemper from trying. When two children are horrifically abused in what look like unrelated cases, Kemp and Leah are forced to work together to find justice. Explosive revelations push Leah closer to the booze shes avoided and further from friends, family and especially Kemp. With everything else in her life falling apart, she turns back to what matters most: finding justice and some semblance of peace for those who were hurt. The further she investigates, the more her lifes at riskand the more she learns her lifes full of people who won't let her take those risks alone.

The System is the story of Amanda Danscher, a young woman who accepts a position as a child protection social worker. She quickly becomes embroiled in a case against their Minnesota towns former champion hockey player and favorite son, Chuck Thomas, who will do anything to buck the system rather than work with itincluding whatever it takes to get Amanda out of his way. Luckily Amanda reconnects with Jacob, a new county attorney who has the means to help and protect her, but no clue how to break down her own defenses.Set against the backdrop of the always messy and complex world of child protection, The System is ultimately about familyand a young womans discovery that there are all kinds of family and many places that can be called home.