What You Break - Softcover

Coleman, Reed Farrel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1524708739 ISBN 13: 9781524708733

Publisher: Random House Large Print, 2017

Synopsis

Selected as one of Amazon's Best Books of the Month for February


Former Suffolk County cop Gus Murphy returns to prowl the meaner streets of Long Island’s darkest precincts with a Russian mercenary at his back in the stunning second installment of Reed Farrel Coleman’s critically acclaimed, Edgar-nominated series.
 
Gus Murphy and his girlfriend, Magdalena, are put in harm’s way when Gus is caught up in the distant aftershocks of heinous crimes committed decades ago in Vietnam and Russia. Gus’s ex-priest pal, Bill Kilkenny, introduces him to a wealthy businessman anxious to have someone look more deeply into the brutal murder of his granddaughter. Though the police already have the girl’s murderer in custody, they have been unable to provide a reason for the killing. The businessman, Spears, offers big incentives if Gus can supply him with what the cops cannot—a motive.

Later that same day, Gus witnesses the execution of a man who has just met with his friend Slava. As Gus looks into the girl’s murder and tries to protect Slava from the executioner’s bullet, he must navigate a minefield populated by hostile cops, street gangs, and a Russian mercenary who will stop at nothing to do his master’s bidding. But in trying to solve the girl’s murder and save his friend, Gus may be opening a door into a past that was best left forgotten. Can he fix the damage done, or is it true that what you break you own...forever?

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Review

Praise for "Where It Hurts"
A gut punch of a novel, a murder mystery layered with grief, greed, and grit. Coleman is as good as Chandler, Hammett, or Ed McBain. Nelson DeMille
One of the greatest voices in contemporary crime fiction, and one of the best storytellers, too. I loved this book. Nobody does it better. Lee Child
Superb . . . another standout series . . . in Coleman s hands, all the standard elements seem as radiant and new as a freshly peroxided blonde. . . . "Where It Hurts" is one of those evocative mysteries that readers will remember as much for its charged sense of place as for any of its other considerable virtues. "The Washington Post"
Stellar series kickoff . . . Coleman s moving portrayal of a man in deep, deep pain, a tightly constructed plot, and a gift for making Long Island seem like James Ellroy s L.A. add up to a winner. "Publishers Weekly" (starred review)
Gus . . . is absolutely one of genre veteran Coleman s best-drawn characters. . . . He meets his tragedy and its consequences with a considered straightforwardness, and his desire for justice reawakens in time with the investigation s quickening tempo, hopefully signaling the start of a series. "Booklist" (starred review)
Coleman has long been one of the best crime novelists in the business. . . . "Where It Hurts" is a superb detective novel in the Raymond Chandler tradition, featuring fine prose, a suspenseful yarn and a compelling main character who will leave readers hungering for the next installment. Associated Press"

About the Author

Reed Farrel Coleman, called a hard-boiled poet by NPR s Maureen Corrigan and the noir poet laureate in "The Huffington Post," is the Edgar-nominated author of twenty-three novels and three novellas, including the critically acclaimed Moe Prager series and the first novel in this series, "Where It Hurts." A three-time winner of the Shamus Award, he has also won the Anthony, Macavity, Barry, and Audie awards."

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Large Print
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1524708739
• ISBN 13: 9781524708733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544