Salvation Boulevard: A Novel - Softcover

Beinhart, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568586728 ISBN 13: 9781568586724

Publisher: Nation Books, 2011

Synopsis

Some cases test a private investigator's wits, others test his courage, and still others, his character. In Salvation Boulevard, P.I. Carl Van Wagener has found a case that tests them all, and then goes on to test his soul. A professor is dead and a suspect--who has confessed--is in custody. But nothing is what it seems. After all, the dead man is an atheist professor, the accused an Islamic foreign student, the defense attorney a Jew, and the detective a Born Again Christian. As Carl gets deeper and deeper into the investigation of the death of professor Nathaniel MacLeod, his most basic beliefs and relationships are tried and his world is turned upside down. The mega-church, the pastor, and his new wife who have redeemed Carl from a life of grim debauchery insist on his dropping the case. But he can't stop searching for the real killer and the truth--no matter what the personal cost.Salvation Boulevard is a page-turning thriller in the tradition of John Grisham and Richard Condon that grapples with the ecstatic and entropic nature of religious faith in contemporary America.

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Review:

Peter Bloch, "PENTHOUSE""[An] an old-fashioned mystery story - with a typical burned-out private investigator as its hero - that quickly becomes a very atypical witches brew of sex, religion, hypocrisy, and evil in which the war on terror is cynically manipulated to subvert America's basic values. If, at first, this engrossing thriller seems to be a bit over the top, a quick check of the day's news will make you think again.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nation Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1568586728
• ISBN 13: 9781568586724
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368