The Good Detective
the 'pretty much perfect' US crime debut that is gripping readers everywhere
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
HOW CAN YOU SOLVE A CRIME IF YOU'VE KILLED THE PRIME SUSPECT?
A razor-sharp debut with the southern setting of True Detective and Sharp Objects, this is a perfect read for fans of acclaimed US crime writers like James Lee Burke, Greg Iles, Don Winslow and Michael Connelly.
'One of those rare writers who seem to have sprung out of nowhere. The Good Detective....is pretty much perfect.' New York Times Book Review
'Mark my words: John McMahon is about to join the ranks of crime fiction writers like Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Lee Child'***** Goodreads reviewer
When Detective P.T. Marsh is called to a murder, he is stunned to find the victim is a violent thug he confronted the night before. Although he left the man alive, Marsh's fingerprints are all over the crime scene.
But when the body of a teenager is found in a field with a rope around his neck, it appears that the dead man had a sinister connection to the murder. Amid rising anger in the community and intense media pressure, Detective Marsh must risk everything to unravel the deadliest of puzzles.
'Tight, fast and addictive, I blistered this book in a single day. It has everything top-drawer crime fiction demands' John Hart, New York Times bestselling author
'McMahon skillfully blends the old and the new and weaves it into spun gold.' Reed Farrel Coleman, New York Times bestselling author
'Southern gothic mingles with modern noir' Kirkus
WHY READERS ARE HOOKED ON THE GOOD DETECTIVE:
'This is a must read for 2019' ***** Goodreads reviewer
'Hands down one of the best debut novels I've had the pleasure of reading' ***** Goodreads reviewer
'One of the best stories with a southern setting that I have read since I read the last Greg Iles' ***** Goodreads reviewer
'The Good Detective is a wonderful debut' ***** Goodreads reviewer
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Det. P.T. Marsh, the narrator of McMahon's ambitious if flawed first novel, set in rural Mason Falls, Ga., has promised to help Crimson, a stripper he met at a strip club, whose boyfriend has physically abused her. One evening, he drives over to Crimson's house, where he punches and threatens the boyfriend. When the boyfriend is strangled that same night, Marsh who's struggling with alcoholism and still reeling from an accident that killed his family wonders whether in a drunken stupor he might have murdered the guy. Later, when a 15-year-old African-American boy, a Baptist preacher's son, is lynched, the chief suspect turns out to be the man Marsh may have strangled. Investigating the boy's lynching takes Marsh into an intricate, decades-old conspiracy. McMahon tends to explain too much, and this debut reads at times like an earnest message novel wrapped in the guise of an action-packed Hollywood thriller. Still, he's a talented writer with a good sense of place, and readers are sure to look forward to Marsh's next outing.)
