When You Have to Go There by Kevin R. Doyle

WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO THERE by Kevin R. Doyle is read by Caryn Hoaglund for Books in Motion. It’s a police procedural following detective Helen Lipscomb, after she’d botched a case and been reassigned from her squad. She then is on the case of a serial killer killing cops, and must negotiate the politics of the office and numerous finger pointing sessions to survive with her career and her life. Doyle is author of THE GROUP series, of which this is book two, the last being AND THE DEVIL WALKS AWAY. Hoagland is a stage actress from Spokane who elicits empathy well with the main character while walking us through the day to day habits and back stabbing that make up modern police detective units, especially for women. Her reading is straight and crisp. At just over nine hours, it’s recommended for listeners who want a realistic background to fill out the headlines which most police books focus on. The characters seem real, and the action never too unbelievable. Following procedure is everything in the police department, as you may suspect. Don’t make waves or go outside your narrow chain of command. Lipscomb takes heat for her actions here, which are dramatic.