The death of a police officer is always a tragedy. The
fact that it is being described as a suicide and then wouldn’t be covered in
any depth by the Newark Eagle- Examiner is something that reporter Carter Ross
does not know when he goes off to interview the widow. Noemi Kipps is a formidable
woman who thought that the happy family would soon be going to Disney World. Instead,
she has to plan the funeral of her husband and somehow raise their 7 year old
daughter and 5 month old son alone.
Police Officer Darius Kipps was an outstanding
police officer, a devoted father, and a class act human being. There was absolutely no reason for him the Sargent
and Detective to commit suicide. According to his fellow officers that is exactly
what he did in the bathroom at a precinct in Newark. It is something both the
widow and, as he learns more, reporter Carter Ross can’t believe or accept.
The series that began so strongly with Faces
Of The Gone continues here in another complex and interesting read. The
Good Cop is the fourth novel in the series by award winning author Brad
Parks. Flashes of humor and cynicism do not get in the way of a complex story
involving the search for truth and justice amidst the shifting agendas of
politicians, religious figures and others. As always in this series, the role of
reporters and newspapers play a major role in the book, as do the evolution of
relationships between Carter Ross and others in a business where getting the
story correct and in detail should matter far more than getting it first.
While The Good Cop could be read as a
stand-alone, those who have not read the series and take the time to do so before
reading this book will appreciate this book far more than those who just grab
this one. Fans of Cater Ross and his creator Brad Parks will find much to enjoy
in this latest installment of a very good series.
The
Good Cop
Brad
Parks
Minotaur
Books (St. Martin’s Publishing Group)
2013
ISBN#
978-1-250-00552-6
Hardback (also
available as an audio book and an e-book)
324
Pages
$24.99
Material Supplied by the good folks of the Plano
Texas Public Library System.
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