The Odds
β Scribed by Kathleen George
- Publisher
- Minotaur Books;St. Martin's Pub
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 189 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The Homicide Department is upside downRichard Christie is in the hospital, Artie Dolan is headed away on vacation, John Potockis life is falling apart, and Colleen Greer is so worried about her bosss health, she can hardly think. A young boy in Pittsburghs North Side neighborhood dies of a suspicious overdose. The Narcotics police are working on tips and they draft Colleen and Potocki to help them. In this same neighborhood, four young kids have been abandoned and are living on their own. The Philips kids, brainy in school, are reluctant to compromise themselves. But they need cash. Connecting these people and their stories is Nick Banks, just out of prison and working off a debt to an old acquaintance involved in the drug trade. Nick is a charmer, a gentle fellow whos had a lot of trouble in his life. One day he gives free food to the Philips kids, little guessing how connected their lives are about to become.
Kathleen Georges latest work pushes the edgea spectacularly original crime novel.
Library : General
Universes : Richard Christie Mystery [04]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780312549992
β¦ Subjects
Mystery
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