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The Underground Detective: A Novel of Chicago Streets
Thomas Laird
The Underground Detective: A Novel of Chicago Streets
Thomas Laird
It's dark underground. How would you catch a serial killer with only your badge, your wits, and a shaky sense of right and wrong? It's 1987, and a world before cellphones and DNA. Former Army Ranger and Vietnam vet, divorced Danny Mangan is a Chicago cop weary from fifteen years on the force. But he can't rest now he's trailing a serial killer with a penchant for attacking African-American prostitutes - a grim world of deception where everyone has a public price and a private fix....
What follows when a member of Danny's own family is hunted by the killer is excruciating. So will Danny's drug-loving daughter Kelly and bisexual partner Lila help or complicate his work? The Underground Detective is a modern fable, absorbing, imaginative and terrifying. Here is polished crime writing, the dark sheen after the rains have cleaned the streets of Chicago. A treat of human foibles, weaknesses, attractions and heartbreak, where only love and family are the saving grace....
402 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 14, 2012 |
ISBN13 | 9781937056605 |
Publishers | Dionysus Books |
Pages | 402 |
Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 21 mm · 562 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Fullerty, Matt |