The Whites: A Novel
- 作者
- 出版社 Henry Holt and Co.
- 出版时间 2015年2月
- ISBN 0805093990 或 9780805093995
- 定价 184.80
内容简介
Bytheco-writeroftheHBOminiseriesTheNightOfRichardPrice'sNewYorkTimesbestseller,TheWhites,isanelectrifyingtaleofaNewYorkCitypolicedetectiveundersiege-byanunsolvedmurder,byhisowndarkpast,andbyaviolentstalkerseekingrevenge.Backintherun-and-gundaysofthemid-1990s,whenayoungBillyGravesworkedintheSouthBronxaspartofanaggressiveanti-crimeunitknownastheWildGeese,hemadeheadlinesbyaccidentallyshootingaten-year-oldboywhilestrugglingwithanangel-dustedberserkeronacrowdedstreet.Brandedasaloosecannonbyhishigher-ups,Billyspentyearsenduringonedead-endpostingafteranother.Nowinhisearlyforties,hehassomehowsurvivedandbecomeasergeantinManhattanNightWatch,asmallteamofdetectiveschargedwithrespondingtoallpost-midnightfeloniesfromWallStreettoHarlem.Mostly,hisunitactsaslittlemorethanaset-upcrewfortheincomingshift,butafteryearsinpolicepurgatory,Billyiscontentsimplytodohisjob.Thencomesacallthatchangeseverything:NightWatchissummonedtothefoura.m.fatalslashingofamaninPennStation,andthistimeBilly'sinvestigationmovesbeyondtheusualhandofftothedaytour.Andwhenhediscoversthatthevictimwasonceasuspectintheunsolvedmurderofatwelve-year-oldboy-asavagecasewithconnectionstotheformermembersoftheWildGeese-thebadolddaysarebackinBilly'slifewithavengeance,tearingapartenduringfriendshipsforgedintheurbantrenchesandeventhreateningthesafetyofhisfamily.Razor-sharpandpropulsivelywritten,TheWhitesintroducesHarryBrandt--anewmasterofAmericancrimefiction.
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