Dark Harbour
-
-
5.0 • 2 Ratings
-
-
- £4.99
-
- £4.99
Publisher Description
Scott Finn worked his way out of Boston’s toughest neighbourhood to become a rising star in the city’s most elite law firm. When the body of Natalie Caldwell, one of his closest colleagues, and former lover, is found floating in Boston harbour - her heart surgically removed from her chest - it appears she is the seventh victim of ‘Little Jack’, the Jack-the-Ripper-style murderer terrorizing Boston.
But police detective Linda Flaherty isn’t so sure. With Natalie’s death, Finn inherits a coveted, high-profile assignment that could clinch his career: one involving a terrorist train bombing. But as Finn learns more about the circumstances surrounding Natalie’s death, the fabric of the life he has created begins to tear. Suddenly he finds himself the prime suspect in her murder.
Finn needs to save himself, and the only way is to dig into the secrets of Natalie’s life. The case leads Finn and Flaherty from the crime-ridden streets of Charlestown to Boston’s courtrooms and morgues, and from the gilded enclaves of the power brokers to the darkest recesses of a serial killer’s mind.
'A legal thriller to rival Grisham or Turow' Lee Child
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Compelling characters pulse through attorney Hosp's surprisingly engaging fiction debut. Why surprising? Because readers will think they've seen all this before, and more stylishly told: there's a gritty urban center (Boston) menaced by a serial killer (nicknamed "Little Jack" because of his similarities to the legendary Ripper) but protected by a tough cop (prickly police lieutenant Linda Flaherty). But Hosp works some wrinkles on the formula with a terrorist subplot and digs deep for complex portraits of Flaherty and a jittery suspect, lawyer Scott Finn. Finn was the last known person to see Natalie Caldwell, the killer's latest victim, alive: they were colleagues at the prestigious law firm as well as former lovers. At the time of her death, Natalie was defending a local security company against liability in the terrorist bombing of a commuter train. Grief over Natalie's death exacerbates Finn's feeling that he's in over his head, both with Natalie's case, which he inherits, and at the white shoe firm, where his humble roots and blue-collar affinities set him apart. Flaherty feels similarly besieged, though her demons are detective subordinates whom she can't completely trust or control. Hosp's plotting is shaggy and his book feels overlong, but by following his two protagonists into the mundane corners of their lives, he earns genuine empathy for these flawed human beings struggling to be both ethical and effective.
