Dutton
April 2013
On Sale: April 18, 2013
368 pages ISBN: 0525953175 EAN: 9780525953173 Hardcover Add to Wish List
The explosive conclusion to T. Jefferson ParkerΓ’β¬β’s New York Times bestselling Charlie Hood series Los Angeles County sheriff Γ’β¬β’s deputy Charlie Hood is attached to the ATF, working undercover on the iron river that flows across the U.S.-Mexican border. The diamond fillings he wears in his left canine glimmer, distracting the men who sell the illegal firearms that enable the unspeakable violence on both sides of the map. Spotting the sparkle when Γ’β¬ΕCharlie DiamondsΓ’β¬Β opens his mouth is often their first step toward life behind bars. Meanwhile, Bradley Jones, sheriff Γ’β¬β’s deputy and employee of the Baja Cartel, son of the love of CharlieΓ’β¬β’s life, the deceased L.A. outlaw Suzanne Jones, is expecting a son of his own. Suzanne was descended from famed Mexican desperado Joaquin Murrieta, whose embalmed head Bradley inherited from her and keeps nestled among piles of cash, proceeds from BradleyΓ’β¬β’s own life of crime. Charlie knows all of BradleyΓ’β¬β’s secrets; the question is what heΓ’β¬β’ll do with the information. Until he decides, his obsession remains the inexplicable existence of Mike Finnegan, the diminutive devil who flits in and out of both menΓ’β¬β’s lives, knowing things he shouldnΓ’β¬β’t, seemingly immortal. Three men: earnest law-enforcer, inveterate lawbreaker, and the man who pits them against each otherΓ’β¬βhurtle toward one another in the jaw-dropping conclusion to T. Jefferson ParkerΓ’β¬β’s mesmerizing vision of the border. Their climactic showdown brings to a spectacular close a crime series that obliterated the boundaries of the genre.
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