Point mort - Softcover

Reuland, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2743612029 ISBN 13: 9782743612023

Publisher: RIVAGES, 2004

Synopsis

There was a time when Assistant District Attorney Andrew Giobberti pursued his job with vigour and a certain glee. He sent hundreds of perps upstate and commanded the respect of the tough Brooklyn cops whose in vestigations he steered. Now he mostly thinks about his next drink and the girl he can persuade to share it with him. A hand has reached into his chest and removed something that made the whole machine run - she was five years old, and her name was Opal. Over the course of one impossibly hot August, Gio's life comes apart. It's been a year since his daughter died, but the loss carves away at him still. A case much like others crosses desk: young girl, dead from a gunshot wound; crackhead mother; very guilty looking boyfriend. Something in this ordinary if tawdry case uncovers a vast well of grief and rage in him, and it's unclear who will be the target of his urge to avenge a pointless death. His steely associate, Stacey - with whom he shares his bed but nothing more - watches with alarm as he lurches toward an act that could pr

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Review

"Hollowpoint is a heat-seeking torch taking us to some of the darkest corridors of crime and punishment. From the burning streets of East New York, to the smokescreened court rooms above, this writer's voice never blinks. Reuland's got a Godgiven sneer, and bonfires of talent; this is great stuff, a noir royale from the county of Kings." -- Joe Connelly, author of Bringing Out the Dead

"Rob Reuland's Hollowpoint is hard-edged, cold, and real, very real. The writing is sharp and funny, and the story comes from the alley behind the precinct house, so what you get here is the best street novel in years." -- Alan Furst, author of Kingdom of Shadows and Red Gold

"Stylish. Sleek. Scary. Hollowpoint captures you on the first page and just hangs on--and in the end it transforms into something deeper than you imagined." -- Kathy Reichs, author of Deadly Decisions and Death du Jour

From the Publisher

A brilliant literary thriller in the tradition of Scott Turow.

About this edition

• Publisher: RIVAGES
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 2743612029
• ISBN 13: 9782743612023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264