The Rose Slayer's Legacy
(2026)(The third book in the L.A. Cyber Noir Mystery series)
A novel by Stephen Bentley
Los Angeles doesn’t forget its ghosts.
Detective Rosie Diaz is found murdered in her own home—shot execution-style, a single red rose beside her body. The scene matches the work of Tommy Queen, the infamous Rose Slayer. But Queen’s been behind bars for years.When Queen is found dead in prison, the city goes into freefall. The Robbery Homicide Division leads the case, but Detectives Bill Pawson and Sean Wells—Rosie’s former colleagues in the LAPD’s Cyber Crime Unit—refuse to stay on the side lines.
What begins as a copycat investigation spirals into something darker. A disturbed young man confesses, claiming the internet made him do it. But the evidence doesn’t fit. Someone’s pulling strings—someone who knows police procedure, and who wanted Rosie silenced.
As Pawson digs into the truth, old loyalties fracture and buried secrets resurface. The case will claim more than one career, and more than one life.
*The Rose Slayer’s Legacy* is a raw, atmospheric LAPD thriller about obsession, corruption, and the price of justice in a city built on lies.
Genre: Mystery