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Poisoned Pen Press
July 2003
Featuring: Eddie Bourque; Lucy Orr
240 pages
ISBN: 1590580591
EAN: 9781590580592
Hardcover
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Mystery Police Procedural
Reporter Eddie Bourque chases stories for the Lowell Empire, a second-class rag in a Massachusetts city of first- generation immigrants and bare-knuckled politicians. The talented and ambitious Eddie has one eye on finding a better job. However, when the dead junkie found floating in a mill canal is identified as his beat partner, he gives the story his full attention. That is, until he finds himself stonewalled by powerbrokers in Lowell law enforcement and at his own newspaper. Bent on finding his partnerβs killer, Eddie disobeys orders and follows a mysterious Cambodian woman into the cityβs poorest neighborhood, with violent results. Battered, dumped in a canal and left for dead, Eddie survives an encounter with an invisible underworld, only to find himself entangled in an international plot of murder and revenge. Itβs do or die for Eddie as he struggles to stay one step ahead of ruthless hitmen, the cityβs self-serving power elite, and the curious police detective who always shows up when Eddie wishes she wouldnβt. The story of a lifetime beckons, but the closer he comes to the truth, the greater the chance that the storyβand Eddieβwill be spiked.
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