The Second Girl - Hardcover

Swinson, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316264172 ISBN 13: 9780316264174

Verlag: Mulholland Books, 2016

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""The Second Girl" is as good as it gets. Deeply compelling crime fiction that is gritty, authentic, and with an anti-hero you end up rooting for. It reminded me of "The Wire" and I enjoyed it every bit as much. A great read; close to perfect." "Peggy Blair, author of "Hungry Ghosts"""

""The Second Girl" is a down-and-dirty thriller with real heart from an author who knows what he's talking about. This is firmly in George Pelecanos territory and it doesn't get much better than that." "Mark Billingham, author of "The Bones Beneath"""

"The book's action is forever on the boil." Jack Batten, "Toronto Star""

"It's actually refreshing to pick up "The Second Girl."" Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review""

""The Second Girl "is a terrific DC crime novel." "@shoedog11 (George Pelecanos)""

"The book's action is forever on the boil." Jack Batten, Toronto Star"

"The Second Girl is a terrific DC crime novel."--@shoedog11 (George Pelecanos)

"Within the first couple of pages, David Swinson pulls off a masterly piece of characterization: he creates a damaged, damned protagonist who no sane person would want to get close to, and then he grabs you by the collar and hauls you into Frank Marr's mind so fast and so thoroughly that none of that matters. The writing throws sparks, and the ferocious plot peels back layer after layer of Frank's character as we - and he - find out how much of his humanity is still left."--Tana French, author of The Secret Place

"Once you're drawn into Frankie Marr's world (in, oh, the first few pages of this fine novel), you won't want to leave. Marr is one of the most compelling and complex protagonists to come along in years. And, not content with just creating a memorable hero, author Swinson also offers up a breakneck plot, which he recounts in muscular prose and with a commanding knowledge of cops, bad guys and the streets of Washington, D.C. Reminiscent of The Wire and the writing of George Pelecanos and Dennis Lehane, The Second Girl is a winner."--Jeffrey Deaver, author of The Kill Room

"It's actually refreshing to pick up The Second Girl."--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review

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He's a good detective...with a bad habit.
One of the Year's Best Crime Novels - The New York Times Book Review, Booklist
Frank Marr knows crime in Washington, DC. A decorated former police detective, he retired early and now ekes a living as a private eye for a defense attorney. Frank Marr may be the best investigator the city has ever known, but the city doesn't know his dirty secret.
A high-functioning drug addict, Frank has devoted his considerable skills to hiding his usage from others. But after accidentally discovering a kidnapped teenage girl in the home of an Adams Morgan drug gang, Frank becomes a hero and is thrust into the spotlight. He reluctantly agrees to investigate the disappearance of another girl--possibly connected to the first--but the heightened scrutiny may bring his own secrets to light, too.
Frank is as slippery and charming an antihero as you've ever met, but he's also achingly vulnerable. The result is a mystery of startling intensity, a tightly coiled thriller where every scene may turn disastrous. THE SECOND GIRL is the crime novel of the season, and marks the start of a refreshing series from an author who knows the criminal underworld inside and out.

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• Verlag: Mulholland Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0316264172
• ISBN 13: 9780316264174
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 354