The Cold Room
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- 10,99 €
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- 10,99 €
Beschreibung des Verlags
"Clever plotting, unexpected twists, high-octane action" make the second Harry Corbin novel "a must-read" from the ex-cop and author of Bodies in Winter (Booklist).
NYPD detective Harry Corbin hasn't been allowed to work on a homicide case for almost a year after uncovering corruption among his colleagues and superiors. So when a young woman's body is found dumped and mutilated on a sweltering New York morning, Corbin jumps at the chance to redeem his career and solve the case. But more than his reputation is on the line as the investigation tales him on a journey into the dark and secretive world of illegal immigrants, where human beings are exploited and life is cheap.
The compelling second installment in the Corbin and Bentibi Mysteries.
"[The] second Harry Corbin novel moves with dark deliberation and feels authentic in every detail." —Kirkus Reviews
"Ex-cop turned defense lawyer Knightly knows his way around New York City crime." —Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ex-cop turned defense lawyer Knightly knows his way around New York City crime, as shown by his second police procedural featuring NYPD's Harry Corbin (after 2009's Bodies in Winter). Corbin, a pariah at his job because he's aired departmental dirty laundry in public, is in his fifth precinct in nine months. When a subway disaster on the Brooklyn Bridge leaves his unit shorthanded, Corbin welcomes the opportunity to serve as the crime scene and investigating officer on a grisly murder in Williamsburg. With no one rushing to identify the female victim, the case gets low priority. Corbin finds evidence the dead woman was a Polish immigrant with a link to a Catholic church, but the shield of the confessional bars further progress. While Corbin lacks the sophistication of the best examples of leads in this subgenre, Knightly makes him interesting enough to sustain the reader's attention.
