Shadows Still Remain - Softcover

Jonge, Peter De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007300263 ISBN 13: 9780007300266

Publisher: Avon, 2009

Synopsis

From Peter de Jonge, who previously joined forces with the New York Times bestselling author James Patterson to write two No.1 bestsellers, comes a murder mystery set in the rotten core of the Big Apple.

Take a trip into the rotten core of the Big Apple

When a gifted student mysteriously disappears from a New York bar, Detective Darlene O'Hara unravels a chilling story of murder and deception.

Running from a troubled past, Francesca Pena's come to New York to reinvent herself, earning a scholarship and the admiration of her more privileged friends. But none of them knows the real Francesca.

Following a night of heavy drinking with three friends, she's reported missing. Detective Darlene O'Hara from New York's 7th Precinct and her partner Serge Krekorian set out to find her.

A week later, Francesca's body is discovered severely mangled in a toilet by the East River. The case quickly becomes a high-profile hunt that the Homicide Unit are quick to snatch away.

Covertly, O'Hara and Krekorian continue their own investigation into the city's seedy underbelly. But they have to move fast before Homicide make a devestating mistake that will leave the real killer free.

From Peter de Jonge, who previously joined forces with the
New York Times bestselling author James Patterson to write two No.1 bestsellers, comes a tense and electric thriller set in part of the city the tourist never see.

About this title

Review:

"First-rate crime fiction. . . . The book is alive with the sounds and smells and sins of New York. . . . When the crime-fiction aficionados set out to pick their best first novel of the year, SHADOWS STILL REMAIN will be a contender."--Washington Post

"SHADOWS has grit, color, suspense, and believable characters, and is delivered in a sharp and gratifyingly terse prose. . . . This guy is good."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"SHADOWS STILL REMAIN is a killer of a thriller with a wonderfully human, perfectly rendered heroine at its center. You can't help but fear for her and root for her in equal measure. A terrific read."--Dennis Lehane

"Startling plot twists. . . . In the noirish, character-driven vein of Dennis Lehane or Michael Connelly."--New York Times

"A hectic, witty and emotionally satisfying thriller. . . . [O'Hara is] a terrific character, fresh and funny and infuriating. . . . A stunner."--Chicago Tribune

"Peter de Jonge's heroine Darlene O'Hara is one of the freshest, hippest detective creations in many a year. This novel is an absolute knockout and a half."--James Patterson

"Delivers enough twists and turns for any thriller reader. . . . De Jonge conveys enough texture that it isn't hard to imagine this on the big screen. Here's hoping we see O'Hara again."--Library Journal

"[A] cleverly plotted and sophisticated thriller."--Washington Post, Best Book of the Year Pick

Startling plot twists. . . . In the noirish, character-driven vein of Dennis Lehane or Michael Connelly. --New York Times"

A hectic, witty and emotionally satisfying thriller. . . . [O Hara is] a terrific character, fresh and funny and infuriating. . . . A stunner. --Chicago Tribune"

From the Back Cover:

A Beautiful Woman, Missing

New York City, 2005. Thanksgiving weekend. A topless Kate Moss peers down from a billboard over rain-spattered Houston Street. Escaping a troubled past, Francesca Pena came to the city and reinvented herself. At New York University, her beauty and charisma are the envy of her privileged pals, yet none knows the real Francesca—who, after a night of drinking, is now missing.

A High-Stakes Gamble

Detective Darlene O'Hara of the Seventh Precinct and her partner, Serge "K." Krekorian, set out to find Pena. But when the case turns high-profile and Homicide is called in, O'Hara—who has an eighteen-year-old son she saddled with the name Axl Rose O'Hara, and whose binge drinking exacerbates the massive chip on her shoulder—refuses to let go. Risking both her and K.'s careers, she defies NYPD brass and Homicide legend Patrick Lowry to secretly pursue her own investigation.

A Desperate Chase—and a Chilling Twist

Following a deadly trail that leads from NYU's ivory towers to Brooklyn tattoo parlors, from a skanky strip club to a whitewashed boutique run by a Korean madam, O'Hara closes in on her prey. But she has to move fast, because Lowry and the NYPD are about to make a devastating mistake that will leave the real killer free.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007300263
• ISBN 13: 9780007300266
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352