Akashic Books:
New York: 2005
First printing, Trade paperback, Fine,
284 pp.


Said to do justice and pay homage to the classic noir thrillers, this novel takes place from the years 1945 to 1975. Also said to be “ripe with the kind of hard-boiled sexuality that distinguished the classic detective novels of authors like Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, and the films to which they gave rise.” Jake Downing investigates the murder of a prominent judge. He makes the arrest, gets the conviction and ultimately sees the convicted man executed. But he knows the wrong person was sent to the electric chair. Twenty years later he’s on the track of the real killer but can’t decide if it’s truth that he’s seeking or revenge. #26793

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