Land of Shadows (Rachel Howzell Hall)

This is a good, solid example of a gritty police-procedural murder mystery. The protagonist is a tough homicide detective, a black woman who grew up in the Jungle, a low-income high-crime area she now polices. A new murder has elements that remind her of her own sister's murder many years before, and she becomes obsessed with not only solving this murder, but showing that the same man is responsible for both. There are some flaws, but it is a good first effort and indicates some promise for the future of the series.