Grievance - Softcover

Constantine, K. C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 044667849X ISBN 13: 9780446678490

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 2002

Synopsis

Detective Ruggiero Carlucci, the hero of Brushback, returns to investigate the killing of philanthropist and corporate giant James Deford Lyon, gunned down by a sniper in his own mansion, and finds himself dealing with hundreds of downsized suspects, his unstable mother, a back-stabbing partner, and his relationship with the gorgeous Franny Perfetti. Reprint.

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Synopsis

Crumbling, empty buildings, a real-estate infrastructure sputtering out, next-to-no tax base for the town and its schools, a population thrown to the mercies of the welfare state...to many of Rocksburg's citizens, this was the bitter legacy of the mid-1980s. A brutal regimen of downsizing had shut down steel production and eliminated two-thirds of the factory's workforce - a policy enforced by steel magnate J. D. Lyons. If Lyons accomplished his business objectives, he has since paid the ultimate price. For J.D. Lyons has just been found in the trunk of his Jaguar, bent over a bag of golf clubs and sporting a small-calibre bullet wound at the base of his skull. The list of suspects is the size of the Rocksburg phone book. What begins as a singular homicide suddenly becomes a swath of murderous violence that touches the ranks of the local union hierarchy, threatens public order, and confounds all investigatory logic. This won't be an easy case for Detective Ruggiero Rugs Carlucci, and it's coming at a tough crossroad in his life. His always difficult mother has officially been deemed a threat to herself and others. And for the first time he finds himself falling in love. More than before, his mind is in a state of full-dress riot. Bringing order and justice to Rugs's world will test all his skill and resolve...even as he tries to part company with misery. Through the hearts and voices of one small fictional city, K. C. Constantine has created a nother tour de force - one that touches the American nerve at its most explosive, authentic and surprising.

Edition details

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 044667849X
• ISBN 13: 9780446678490
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English