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Due Process: Acceptable Loss
Paperback
Series: Due Process, Book 12
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 26 2026
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When the system fails quietly, who decides what justice becomes?
In Acceptable Loss, Book 12 of the Due Process series, Detective Sarah Klein continues the legacy Thomas Reed left behind-eliminating the city's worst repeat offenders not through arrests, but by engineering outcomes the law can deny responsibility for. Criminals who walk free begin to vanish into conflicts of their own making, and for the first time in years, the city feels safer.
Too safe.
As crime drops, fear becomes a tool. Silence becomes policy. And what began as a controlled correction mutates into doctrine-copied, distorted, and weaponized by others who believe efficiency matters more than consent.
A relentless defense attorney starts asking the wrong questions.
A data analyst watches the numbers improve for all the wrong reasons.
A newly promoted detective realizes the quiet around him isn't peace-it's pressure.
When the truth finally surfaces, the city must confront an impossible choice: preserve a system that works by fear, or accept the chaos that comes with real accountability.
Dark, cerebral, and morally unforgiving, Acceptable Loss is a legal thriller about power, control, and the cost of choosing outcomes over principles-where the most dangerous decision isn't breaking the law, but improving it the wrong way.
Perfect for fans of gritty courtroom drama, institutional thrillers, and stories that refuse easy answers.
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