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The silent hour / Michael Koryta.
When Parker Harrison--a convicted killer and former client of a unique programme for paroled murderers--asks private investigator Lincoln Perry to find the daughter of a deceased Mafia don, Perry decides to take the request at face value until he discovers that the bones of the woman's husband were discovered at the exact same time Harrison began his quest to locate her.
Record details
- ISBN: 0312361572
- ISBN: 9780312361570
- Physical Description: viii, 311 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2009.
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- General Note:
- "A Thomas Dunne book for Minotaur Books"--T.p. verso.
- Target Audience Note:
- All Ages.
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- Private investigators > Ohio > Cleveland > Fiction.
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- Suspense fiction.
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More information
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2009 July #1
Mafia dons and convicted murderers populate the pages of Koryta's fourth crime novel (following A Welcome Grave, 2007) featuring Cleveland detective Lincoln Perry. With his partner, Joe, taking a much-needed breather in Florida, Detective Perry is out on his own, pursuing fairly routine cases until a doozy lands in his lap. He is approached by Parker Harrison, a paroled murderer obsessed with the disappearance of Alexandra and Joshua Cantrell. The couple ran Whisper Ridge, a work program for paroled murderers, and Parker, who had been part of the unusual program for more than a year, wants to know why the two abandoned the stunning property without a trace. Perry wants no part of Harrison's case (especially after he discovers that Joshua Cantrell was murdered, a fact that Harrison neglected to divulge). But he changes his mind when another private investigator contacts him, asking for help. Twentysomething Koryta writes with maturity and grace, delivering clipped, crisp prose and crackling suspense. He has created a compelling character in Detective Perry, who faces a crisis of conscience about his lifeâand his life's work. Copyright 2009 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2009 July #1
Private eye Lincoln Perry walks the meanest streets of the 21st century.While his partner Joe is in Florida considering retirement, Linc drifts around their Cleveland office ignoring mail and phone calls until the door opens to admit Parker Harrison, who's been trying to reach him for months. Parker, paroled 13 years ago after doing time for killing his ex's boyfriend, wants him to find Alexandra Cantrell. She ran Whisper Ridge, the halfway house Parker lived in for a year after he got out of jail, until she and her husband Joshua disappeared. Linc turns him down, then reconsiders when Joshua's body is uncovered on the Whisper Ridge property. Who killed him? Who buried him? The case hinges on two factors: Alexandra's insistence on rehabbing cons and her blood tie to the Sanabria crime family. Ken Merriman, a Pittsburgh shamus, becomes involved, although he refuses to identify his client; the gumshoes are soon invading Detective Quinn Graham's turf and uncovering former Whisper Ridge residents who were plants, some loyal to the FBI, some to the Sanabria interests. A retired FBI agent still after Sanabria causes more complications, and even Joe's return from Florida can't cut through all the double-crosses or save Ken's life. Employing his stubbornness and investigative skills, Linc manages to unravel many mysteries and find the missing Alexandra but remains unsure of his own direction.Feisty plotting and the most memorable prose since Chandler. Koryta (A Welcome Grave, 2007, etc.) belongs on every genre reader's bookshelf. Copyright Kirkus 2009 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2009 April #1
In this fourth series entry, one of the past inhabitants of Alexandra's home for paroled murderers hires Lincoln Perry to find her, just as her husband's bones are found on the now-abandoned estate. Koryta lives in Bloomington, IN. Regional tour. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2009 June #4
Edgar-finalist Koryta spins a dark tale of broken dreams and second chances in his stunning fourth mystery to feature Cleveland, Ohio, PI Lincoln Perry (after 2008's A Welcome Grave). When Perry starts receiving letters from convicted murder Parker Harrison, he ignores them until the man shows up in his office. Twelve years earlier, the then recently paroled Harrison worked for Alexandra and Joshua Cantrell, a couple who ran a rehabilitation program for violent offenders. Then they disappeared, and Harrison wants Perry's help in tracking down Alexandra. Suspicious why Harrison waited so long, Perry discovers that Joshua's bones were recently unearthed in Pennsylvania. Ken Merriman, a Pittsburgh PI, soon arrives in Cleveland, asking Perry for help finding out who killed Joshua. That Alexandria's brother heads one of Cleveland's most notorious mob families complicates matters. Perry has to reconsider everything he thought he knew about right, wrong and everything in between. (Aug.)
[Page 34]. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.