Dog Killer of Utica, The : An Eliot Conte Mystery - Softcover

Frank Lentricchia

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9781612193373: Dog Killer of Utica, The : An Eliot Conte Mystery

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ISBN 10: 1612193374 ISBN 13: 9781612193373

Publisher: MELVILLE HOUSE PUBLISHING, 2014

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"Vivid and unnerving . . . Eliot Conte is an instant original." "--The Washington Post" Someone's shooting dogs in Utica . . . Ex-PI Eliot Conte ("part Mike Hammer and part William S. Burroughs," according to "The Washington Post") thought he'd escaped""the sordid underworld of long-established Mafia networks, unsolved crimes, and the specter of his political kingmaker father that make up the background in his gritty hometown of Utica, New York. He's returned to his old love, teaching American literature, and a new love, policewoman Catherine Cruz. But the peace doesn't last long. First, one of Eliot's students, a Bosnian Muslim, disappears, leaving a trail of texts and e-mails that suggest a terrorism plot underway. Meanwhile, the tightknit community is disturbed by a series of brutal murders of dogs. And no matter where he looks, the trail seems to lead back to secrets Conte hoped he'd buried forever.

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"The Dog Killer of Utica the second to feature Eliot may hold particular appeal to those who like Chandler and Spillane, who have a dark sense of humour and a liking for the tough guy school of American fiction." - --Crime Review

About the Author:

Frank Lentricchia was raised in Utica, New York, to working-class, first-generation Italian-American parents. He’s the author of The Accidental Pallbearer, the first book in the Eliot Conte series, and seven other novels, and a number of highly acclaimed critical studies. He is a professor of American literature at Duke University.

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