Dana Beckham

Captain Dana Beckham, a character in the Most Wanted book, is the Captain of the L.A.P.D. Major Crimes Unit. She is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 1.

Appearance
Dana has black eyes and dark skin. Her hair is short, black and curly. She wears a captain's uniform.

Personality
As Captain, she exudes a strict, authoritative, and intimidating demeanor. She demands perfection and efficiency from her subordinates, chastising any sign of incompetence or disobedience. Despite this, Beckham is willing to compromise and pay credit where it is due.

Beckham values her team highly as seen when, to ease liability, she tossed Samantha Massey off the John Tull case after the investigation became too delicate when Hayley Rose became involved.

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: Texas Hold'em
 * Chapter 2: New Blood
 * Chapter 3: Dirty Hollywood
 * Chapter 5: Devil in the Dark
 * Chapter 6: After Hours (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 9: Sunk Cost
 * Chapter 10: LARA
 * Chapter 11: Hot Pursuit
 * Chapter 12: Old Wounds
 * Chapter 13: Outlaw
 * Chapter 15: Arrivals and Departures

Dave Reyes
Dave is one of Beckham's subordinates, working as a detective for the Major Crimes Unit. She considers him as her most capable detective and thus trusts his instincts, but garners him no favor whenever he makes reckless decisions.

Samantha Massey
Beckham does not hold Sam in the same high regard as she does to Dave. However, after Sam displayed humility following their first failure at catching John Tull, she gave her another chance. When she failed again at catching Tull as a result of disobeying direct orders, she washed her hands off her and left Sam to appeal to the Marshals.

Mirasol Bautista
Mirasol is one of Beckham's subordinates, working as the criminal profiler for the Major Crimes Unit.

Nikhil Mantha
Nikhil is one of Beckham's subordinates, working as the forensic specialist for the Major Crimes Unit.

Reza Fassihi
Reza is one of Beckham's subordinates, working as the data analyst and digital security consultant for the Major Crimes Unit.

Trivia

 * She bears a resemblance to Viola Davis.
 * An unnamed fire user, who resisted Azura's first incursions into the Five Kingdoms, was given the same character model as her in a premium scene of The Crown & The Flame, Book 3.
 * This version of her character model makes an appearance in Chapter 6 of A Courtesan of Rome.