Long Bright River: an intense family thriller (Ex libris) - Hardcover

Moore, Liz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1786331624 ISBN 13: 9781786331625

Publisher: Hutchinson, 2020

Synopsis

'An outstanding crime novel.' PAULA HAWKINS

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Some police look the other way when a sex worker is murdered.

But Mickey can’t – because her sister could be next.

If you’re looking for drugs or sex in Philadelphia, Kensington Ave is the place to go.

Police officer Mickey Fitzpatrick has been working the 24th District for years. She knows most of the working women by name. She knows what desperation looks like and what people will do when they need a fix. She’s become used to finding overdose victims: their numbers are growing every year. But every time she sees someone sprawled out, slumped over, cold to the touch, she also has to pray it’s not her sister, Kacey.

When the bodies of murdered sex workers start turning up on the Ave, the Chief of Police is keen to bury the news. They’re not the kind of victims that generate a whole lot of press anyway. But Mickey is obsessed, dangerously so, with finding the perpetrator - before Kacey is the next victim.

'A remarkable, profoundly moving novel about the ties that bind and the irrevocable wounds of childhood. It’s also a riveting mystery, perfectly paced. I loved every page of it.' DENNIS LEHANE

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Review

"An outstanding crime novel, bringing to mind the best of Dennis Lehane or David Simon. I found myself eking out the final pages because I didn't want it to end. I absolutely loved it." (Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN)

"Both sweeping and unbearably intimate, a riveting crime novel and character-rich study of a city and its battered heart . . . Not to be missed." (Megan Abbott, author of YOU WILL KNOW ME)

"LONG BRIGHT RIVER is a remarkable, profoundly moving novel about the ties that bind and the irrevocable wounds of childhood. It’s also a riveting mystery, perfectly paced. I loved every page of it." (Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author)

"Liz Moore lays open the sometimes fractured lives of others with a true novelist’s hand and eye."

About the Author

Liz Moore is the author of the acclaimed novels Heft, recently optioned as a feature film, and The Unseen World, which was optioned for television. A winner of the 2014 Rome Prize in Literature, she lives in Philadelphia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1786331624
• ISBN 13: 9781786331625
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464