The follow-up to last year's acclaimed The Ways of the Dead, this gritty mystery showcases Tucker's talent for spot-on dialogue, authentic characters, and complex narrative.
Neely Tucker's journalism career spans more than 25 years, including 14 at the Washington Post (where he still works) and eight as a foreign correspondent. His memoir, Love in the Driest Season, was one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2004.
When I reviewed this veteran Washington Post reporter's debut a
year or so ago, I called him 'a fine new talent'. This, his second,
utterly confirms that promise… Gripping from start to finish, it
has a great line in snappy dialogue and a twist that puts Tucker in
the finest Elmore Leonard tradition.
*Daily Mail*
Explosive ... Murder, D.C. is another excellent offering from Neely
Tucker; his style and characters are simply engrossing. Here there
are even more liars to expose, more puzzles to solve and more
interesting characters to enjoy.
*Culture Fly*
Neely Tucker is that rare and wonderful being, an author who seems
almost to be writing his own life story, such is his empathy with
his main character. Sully lives and breathes. The style is as
fractured as he is, the plot as edgy. This is a gritty novel, full
of suspense and depth… Ladies and Gentlemen, this novel lives. Go
along for the ride. It will be worth it.
*Frost Magazine*
His debut Ways of the Dead was a cracker, now the follow up fizzes
with danger.
*Peterborough Telegraph*
This second novel from a veteran newspaper reporter has remained
lodged in my mind all year…Razor-sharp dialogue and a taste for
delicate irony that would make Elmore Leonard envious.
*Daily Mail, Books of the Year*
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