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Joe Kenda

Biography

Joe Kenda

Lt. Joe Kenda spent 21 years chasing killers as a homicide detective and commander of the major crimes unit in Colorado Springs. After retiring from law enforcement, he starred in "Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda," an American true-crime documentary series that ran for nine seasons on the Investigation Discovery network and was aired in 69 countries and territories worldwide. "Homicide Hunter" airs on Investigation Discovery, the #1 true-crime channel, which is available in more than 80 million homes. He is the author of the novels ALL IS NOT FORGIVEN and FIRST DO NO HARM.

Joe Kenda

Books by Joe Kenda

by Joe Kenda - Fiction, Mystery

A string of overdoses in Colorado Springs has Detectives Joe Kenda and Lee Wilson on the lookout for a bad batch of heroin that has been cut with a drug they've never seen before. Meanwhile, at Springs General Hospital, Dr. Blair Moreland --- the notoriously unpleasant head anesthesiologist --- has found a way to feed his deepening addiction to the very same powerful new drug: Fentanyl. But when Dr. Moreland starts supplying the dangerous painkiller to dealer Lula Lopez --- planning to manufacture the drug himself --- he angers a Mexican crime syndicate and sets into motion a cycle of death and violence that threatens to engulf the entire city. Detectives Kenda and Wilson must track down the source of this killer heroin before anyone else can overdose --- and stop Moreland before he can escape the long arm of the law.

by Joe Kenda - Fiction, Mystery

ALL IS NOT FORGIVEN is the debut crime novel of Investigation Discovery star Joe Kenda, a former homicide detective, who is known for his hit series “Homicide Hunter” and “American Detective.” In this first novel, the rookie Det. Kenda investigates a 1975 case that begins with the murder of a beloved Colorado philanthropist and society figure whose husband, a gambler and womanizer, appears to have an air-tight alibi. Mentored by his veteran partner, Det. Lee Wilson, Kenda’s case quickly attracts attention from the FBI, CIA and Interpol for its similarity to a string of killings involving wealthy married women. All the murders appear to have been committed by a hired professional whose trademark is the use of an unusual form of lethal ammunition that leaves no trace.