**She lives life fast, hard, and deadly...** Gia Santella no longer cares about the consequences. She copes with her parents' death by drinking, spending, and kicking ass when it's necessary. After an unexpected letter reveals that her loved ones' tragedy was murder, Gia changes her focus to reveng
City of the Dead
β Scribed by Herbert Lieberman
- Publisher
- Open Road Integrated Media
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- en-us
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
In 1970s New York, a forensic pathologist must use his professional skills to save his own daughter in this "harrowing" award-winning crime novel (The New York Times).
In the gritty seventies, Manhattan is a dark, dangerous, and threatening place. One of the bright spots in this decaying metropolis is Paul Konig. As the city's chief medical examiner, he has developed an impressive reputation for his skills in forensic pathologyβskills that will be put to the ultimate test when a dangerous psychopath kidnaps Konig's daughter.
Awakened by phone calls featuring his daughter's desperate screams each night, Konig finds his life unraveling, not only personally but professionally. Between the case of a serial killer who leaves a trail of severed body parts in his wake, an investigation into the forensic work on an alleged prison suicide, and a nakedly ambitious deputy medical examiner, he is at the end of his rope, and it will take every...
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