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Bodies in winter
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- ISBN: 9780727868022 :
- ISBN: 0727868020 :
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252 p. ; 23 cm. - Publisher: Sutton, Surrey [England] ; New York : Severn House, 2009.
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| Subject: | Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction Police corruption -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Prince Rupert Library | Knig (Text) | 33294001709799 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Salt Spring Island Public Library | MYS KNI (Text) | 33123009064164 | Mystery fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2009 October #2
*Starred Review* New York cop David Lodge is a drunk. His partners usually cover for him, but when he beats bad-boy pimp Clarence Spott to death after arresting him, his colleagues want nothing to do with him. Landed with a jail term, Lodge serves his time and is eventually released, only to be shot dead in a Mafia-style killing. Catching the case are Detectives Harry Corbin and Adele BentibiâCorbin, a by-the-books career cop who's awaiting promotion to the Homicide Squad; Bentibi, with a strong need to achieve justice, whatever the cost. The pair concludes there's been a a gross miscarriage of justice suggesting that those who should be the most trusted are the most corrupt. As they begin to ferret out the truth, their jobs and lives are threatened, but this only spurs the pair on. Knightly's more than 20 years as an NYPD cop lend a gritty authenticity to his book, and his deft storytelling, high-octane action, and genuinely surprising twists make the novel a gripping read from beginning to end. Joseph Wambaugh fans need to know about Knightly: he looks like the real deal. Copyright 2009 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2009 October #1
Investigating the murder of a fellow cop is especially dicey when the victim has a horde of enemies.After alcoholic NYPD officer David Lodge blacks out during a particularly lively shift with his partner and guardian Dante Russo, he wakes up the prime suspect in the brutal murder of street thug Clarence Spott. With no memory of events, Lodge has little choice but to plead guilty. Seven years later, hard-boiled detective Harry Corbin is called with his partner Adele Bentibi to investigate the murder of Lodge, cut down on a city street shortly after his release from Attica. Lodge's grim widow Ellen has nothing but bitterness for her husband, the protestors who reviled him and the police department she believes sold him out. This last view gains traction with Corbin when he learns that the NYPD has managed to misplace the Lodge file. Nor can he question retired cop Anthony Szarek, the key witness who provided Russo with an alibi and placed Lodge with Spott, because Szarek inconveniently committed suicide two weeks before Lodge's release. Corbin treks out to Attica, where wary fellow con Peter Jarazelsky carefully describes Lodge's fear of revenge from a certain inmate, declining to be more specific. When Corbin and Bentibi try to come at the case via Szarek's suicide, they encounter more opposition and obfuscation from the police. And so it goes. Knightly's debut is overloaded with familiar plot elements, but his gritty style promises better Corbin cases in the future.Copyright Kirkus 2009 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2009 September #2
Knightly, a former New York City police officer, makes a solid debut with this novel of crime and corruption. Seven years after Brooklyn cop David Lodge pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Clarence Spott, who was bludgeoned to death in a precinct cell, Lodge leaves prison only to be gunned down shortly thereafter. Det. Harry Corbin and his partner, Det. Adele Bentibi, have trouble with the official theory of the case. They believe that evidence has been manipulated to finger Spott's brother as the murderer, and both buck their superiors by pursuing other leads. For Corbin, his unwillingness to simply go along to get along jeopardizes his long-held dream of a transfer to the homicide division. The trail, somewhat predictably, leads the pair to reopen the issue of Lodge's guilt. While no one will mistake this portrayal of police work with those of masters like Joseph Wambaugh and Michael Connelly, it's good enough to make further books from Knightly a welcome prospect. (Nov.)
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