Andy Roark Mystery #03: Death at Fort Devens

Andy Roark Mystery #03: Death at Fort Devens
Peter Colt
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Trade Paperback
h216 x 138mm - 224pg
24 Nov 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781448307890
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It' s a race against time to find a teenager missing on the mean streets of Boston, in this hardboiled mystery featuring Andy Roark, Vietnam veteran turned Private Investigator. Boston, 1985. Private Investigator Andy Roark left the military behind years ago, but his past comes flooding back when he' s hired by an old army buddy who' s worried about his rebellious teenage daughter' s safety. There are bonds of blood between Roark and the highly-decorated Lieutenant Colonel Dave Billings, forged in the steamy Vietnamese jungle, and some debts aren' t easy to forget. Working the case for free, Roark' s investigation quickly leads him to Boston' s Combat Zone, five acres of sex, drugs and crime, right in the heart of one of America' s oldest cities - and to Judy' s unsavory new boyfriend, the drug-dealing K-nice. Then Judy runs away, and the clock starts ticking in earnest. Roark is determined to save his friend' s daughter from a life of drugs and prostitution, but it' ll take more than missing-person flyers and polite questions to save the girl and get them both out of the concrete jungle of the Combat Zone alive. This page-turning hard-edged mystery, written by a US Army veteran and New England police officer, is a great choice for readers who enjoy military detail, twisty plots and classic PI heroes with plenty of flaws, humour and attitude.

#01: Off-Islander, The
#02: Back Bay Blues
#03: Death at Fort Devens
#04: Ambassador, The

Excellent . . . balances a gripping plot with further development of Roark' s character. Jeremiah Healy fans looking for a new Beantown hero will be eager for more * Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Back Bay Blues * A classical mystery with an honor-bound detective and a keen sense of place . . . Roark is genuinely likeable (not too tough, but not a patsy) * The New York Times on Back Bay Blues * Roark' s skill at his job is displayed amid a gift for self-conscious mockery . . . There' s plenty of room for detection and a blood-soaked finale * Booklist on Back Bay Blues * Entertaining . . . Like Philip Marlowe - or Robert Parker' s Spenser - Andy has a sharp eye for telling detail and male haberdashery * Publishers Weekly on The Off-Islander * Lots of attitude * Kirkus Reviews on The Off-Islander * Atmospheric . . . Should appeal to fans of the early works of Dennis Lehane and Robert B. Parker * Library Journal on The Off-Islander *
Peter Colt is a 1996 graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a BA in Political Science and a 24-year veteran of the Army Reserve with deployments to Kosovo and Iraq as an Army Civil Affairs officer. He is currently a police officer in Rhode Island. He is married with two sons and two perpetually feuding cats. He is the author of the Andy Roark mysteries: The Off-Islander, Back Bay Blues and Death at Fort Devens.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781448307890
Published: 24 Nov 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Severn House
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 224

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