A Killing Night.
A Killing Night
Jonathan King
Dutton
ISBN ISBN
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International Standard Book Number
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0525948651 $23.95, 304 pp.
Max Freeman was a Philadelphia cop until he gets injured in·jure
tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures
1. To cause physical harm to; hurt.
2. To cause damage to; impair.
3. so badly
he received a disability pension. One of the people he shot was an
unarmed youth and he was unable to cope with what he had done even
though it was called a righteous shooting. He leaves the Northeast and
head to Southern Florida where he works as a private investigator for
attorney Billy Winchester. Max's ex-lover Detective Sherry Richard
asks him to check out former Philadelphia police officer Dan O'Shea
who is also in South Florida. Three women bartenders have disappeared
without any reason and O'Shea detests two of them and knew the
third. He travels to his old hometown to talk with O'Shea's
ex-wife, who tells him that Dan never hit her. Max also talks with his
ex-wife in charge of Internal Affairs Internal affairs may refer to: - Internal affairs of a sovereign state.
- Internal affairs (law enforcement), a division of a law enforcement agency which investigates cases of lawbreaking by members of that agency
who believes O'Shea was
involved in the disappearance of a young women though charges were never
filed. When he returns home he relies on his own instincts because he
believes his ex-lover is not thinking objectively and while she has her
sights set on the wrong man, the real killer gets away with murder.
Every once in a while a fictional private detective comes along that is
unforgettable like Perry Mason Noun 1. Perry Mason - fictional detective in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner or Spenser. Max is in their league
because he goes the extra mile to see that justice occurs for the
victims of violent crimes. Max gets involved so that the wrong man is
not convicted of a crime because a police detective believes he's
guilty and goes out of her way to harass harass (either harris or huh-rass) v. systematic and/or continual unwanted and annoying pestering, which often includes threats and demands. This can include lewd or offensive remarks, sexual advances, threatening telephone calls from collection agencies, hassling by him. Jonathan King has written
a gritty urban "noir noir
adj.
1. Of or relating to the film noir genre.
2. Of or relating to a genre of crime literature featuring tough, cynical characters and bleak settings.
3. Suggestive of danger or violence. thriller" that is hard hitting and
exciting.
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