Reed Farrel Coleman is the New York
Times-bestselling author of 31 novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. He is
a four-time Edgar Award nominee in three different categories: Best Novel, Best
Paperback Original, and Best Short Story. He is a four-time recipient of the
Shamus Award for Best PI Novel of the Year. He has also won the Audie,
Macavity, Barry, and Anthony Awards.
Gus Murphy, one of his private
investigators, is among my favorite contemporary PIs. With only two books so
far, I am holding out hope that we will see more of him. In the meantime
Coleman introduces a new character, Nick Ryan, in Sleepless City
(Blackstone, 2023). Ryan is a New York police detective known for his ability
to think on his feet and to stay calm under pressure. These traits are the
reason he’s been chosen by an unnamed group to deal with apparently unsolvable
problems within the police force.
His first assignment is to find a way
to defuse an accidental shooting that will otherwise set a match to the powder
keg of racial tensions in the city. While his fast thinking smoothed over the
situation, an enthusiastic but inexperienced reporter could tell the full story
had not been told and she focused on Ryan as the answer to her questions. She
began to follow him and became enmeshed with his behind-the-scenes activity, to
everyone’s dismay.
Another fine book from a skilled storyteller.
Inventive plot, even pacing, original characters. I especially liked a couple
of the secondary characters: The bartender on the run from the fallout of his
participation in the Irish Troubles and the Pulitzer-winning journalist who is
now running his own weekly newspaper. I am looking forward to the next in the
series!
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Publisher: Blackstone Publishing,
Inc. (July 11, 2023)
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Language: English
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Hardcover: 321 pages
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ISBN-10: 1982627476
· ISBN-13: 978-1982627478
Amazon Associate Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/3OMWXL0
Aubrey Nye Hamilton ©2024
Aubrey Hamilton is a former librarian who works
on Federal It projects by day and reads mysteries at night.
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