The Last Policeman and Countdown City

An asteroid is going to hit earth. Where? No one is sure yet, but it will be catastrophic. So when Hank Palace, a detective for the Concord police in New Hampshire, arrives at what seems yet another suicide at a McDonald's, what does it really matter if he solves it or not. In fact, what happens to a society that knows the catastrophe is coming? The novel by Ben H. Winters explores these issues