Broken Lines
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Publisher Description
FALSE CONNECTION
Detective Superintendent Frank Shapiro finds himself weaving down a dark and twisted trail of human foibles that begins with his own Sergeant Donovan.
After interrupting a robbery and receiving a blow to the head for his efforts, an angry Donovan races after the suspect, only to witness a terrible car crash. Donovan saves Mikey Dickens's life, then arrests him.
But Mikey, the son of a local crime boss, is released on a technicality. And when he is later found beaten, suspicion falls on the hotheaded Irish sergeant. The young man eventually dies, and Shapiro and Inspector Liz Graham are certain of one thing: not only is Donovan's career on the line, but his life, as well. Someone is going to pay for Mikey's death. And Donovan has disappeared....
"...convincing and believable. Solidly readable, divertingly different." —Kirkus Reviews
"Deeply satisfying." —The New York Times Book Review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The police of Castlemere, England, try desperately to identify the person behind a brutal beating in this brilliantly plotted addition to a reliable British procedural series (A Bleeding of Innocents, etc.). Though common purpose and mutual respect have always bound the disparate personalities of Superintendent Frank Shapiro, Inspector Liz Graham and Sergeant Cal Donovan, that trust and solidarity are severely tested when Donovan's hot pursuit of a petty thief, Mikey Dickens, results in a tragic accident. When evidence of the crime can't be recovered, it appears that Dickens, who is the favorite son of the paterfamilias of the largest criminal group in Castlemere, may skate. A missing gun, a vacillating eyewitness, a near-fatal attack and Donovan's fiery temper combine to shift suspicion from Dickens to Donovan. Is Donovan the subject of an elaborate frame? Or have temper and provocation driven him to betray his calling and administer "justice" on his own? Bannister's craft and subtlety (even the title has hidden depths) keeps the solution well hidden while she steadily ratchets up the tension in this gratifying drama.
