Binding: Paperback
Description: Third Rail gets off to a ripping start and never lets off the gas. Rory Flynn is a suspense writer to watch. Jess Walter author of the best - selling Beautiful Ruins Harvard - educated Eddy Harkness was a rising star in an elite Boston Police Department narcotics unit until he was blamed for the death of a Red Sox fan in the chaotic aftermath of a World Series win. Scapegoated and exiled Harkness now empties parking meters in the sleepy town of Nagog while struggling to clear his name. Then one night his police - issued Glock disappears. Unable to report the theft he starts a secret search just as a string of fatal accidents leads him to uncover a dangerous new smart drug Third Rail. With only a plastic gun to protect him Harkness begins a high - stakes investigation that leads him into the top levels of Boston's power base where politicians and criminals intertwine to deadly effect. Glows with the kind of sawdust - dry humor regarding Beantown cops and the darkest of urban underbellies that you might find at 3 a. m. in the back booth of a backstreet bar With its gaggle of crazy - yet - riveting characters its spare approach and its unflagging action Third Rail the first in a promised series of Eddy Harkness novels adds yet another striking feather to Flynn's impressively crowded cap. Boston Globe Terrific debut impressive economy and stylish sophisticated prose Readers will want to see more of Flynn's gritty Boston and Eddy Harkness. Publishers Weekly starred review
Title: Third Rail An Eddy Harkness Novel
Author(s): Flynn Rory
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780544483927
Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/12/2015
Series: Eddy Harkness Novels