Poisoned Pen Press
January 2015
On Sale: January 6, 2015
Featuring: Henry Kennis; Billy Delavane
400 pages ISBN: 1464203423 EAN: 9781464203428 Paperback Add to Wish List
Henry Kennis, Nantucket island’s poetry-writing police chief
who will remind readers of Robert B. Parker’s Jesse Stone
and Spenser, works a second challenging case in Nantucket
Five-spot.
At the height of the summer tourist season, a threat to bomb
the annual Boston Pops Concert could destroy the island’s
economy, along with its cachet as a safe, if mostly
summer-time, haven for America’s ruling class. The threat of
terrorism brings The Department of Homeland Security to the
island, along with prospects for a rekindled love
affair—Henry’s lost love works for the DHS now.
The “terrorism” aspects of the attack prove to be a red
herring. The truth lies much closer to home. At first
suspicion falls on local carpenter Billy Delavane, but Henry
investigates the case and proves that Billy is being framed.
Then it turns out that Henry’s new suspect is also being
framed—for the bizarre and almost undetectable crime of
framing someone else. Every piece of evidence works three
ways in the investigation of a crime rooted in betrayed
friendship, in˜ delity, and the quiet poisonous feuds of
small town life. Henry traces the origin of the attacks back
almost twenty years and uncovers an obsessive revenge
conspiracy that he must unravel—now alone, discredited and
on the run—before further disaster strikes.
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