From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] New York City in August. Feel the heat. Smell the garbage. Case hooked me from page one in this exciting debut thriller that reads like a movie. An aging detective, Mulino, is called out in the middle of the night to investigate a disturbance call that has no details. He finds a dead body on the freighter and shoots at a runner brandishing a gun. On the darkened ship, Mulino has shot another cop and the mystery begins to look like a frame- up when the gun in the dead cops hand disappears and is not visible in any of the crime scene photos. Leonard Mitchell, DIMAC investigator, catches the case investigating Mulino's shooting, and soon finds himself a target. Great character development combined with a sweltering NYC makes this debut a fast and fabulous read. Recommended for all.