Gus Murphy still has not gotten over the death of his son but as the saying goes, life goes on. Gus is working at the Paragon Hotel, driving the shuttle bus from the airport to the hotel and this job is nothing compared to his former job as a policeman.
Gus has always been friends with Bill, a former priest who helped Gus deal with the death of his son. Now Gus gets a call from Bill who has someone that he wants Gus to meet. Gus agrees and meets Micah Spears who wants Gus to investigate the murder of his granddaughter LT. They have caught the man who did it, but Micah wants to know why she was brutally murdered.
While investigating Gus finds out his friend Salazar is somehow involved in all of this. But what is the connection to these two? Salazar is now in hiding, but Gus is having a hard time because no one will give him a straight answer. The more and more that Gus tries to find out the answers more people are in danger.
Reed Farrel Coleman writes a fantastic thriller. I was at the edge of my seat trying to figure out what was going to happen next. Coleman also writes how hard it is for a parent to go through the death of a child. Coleman shows how it can tear a family apart, no matter how hard they try. Sometimes the parents get back together, just to share the misery.
Coleman also shows how even though some police are not proven to be criminals, the cops that stood behind them, will do anything to protect their images. I also enjoyed the fact that he shows how true friends stick together no matter what the problem is.
WHAT YOU BREAK is a thriller from a fantastic storyteller that you don't want to miss!
From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author
comes a gritty, atmospheric new series about the
other side of Long Island, far from the wealth of the
Hamptons, where real people liveβand die.
Gus Murphy thought he had the world all figured out. A
retired Suffolk County cop, Gus had everything a man could
want: a great marriage, two kids, a nice house, and the rest
of his life ahead of him. But when tragedy strikes, his life
is thrown into complete disarray. In the course of a single
deadly moment, his family is blown apart and he is
transformed from a man who believes he understands
everything into a man who understands nothing.
Divorced and working as a courtesy van driver for the
run-down hotel in which he has a room, Gus has settled into
a mindless, soulless routine that barely keeps his grief at
armβs length. But Gusβs comfortable waking trance comes to
an end when ex-con Tommy Delcamino asks him for help. Four
months earlier, Tommyβs son T.J.βs battered body was
discovered in a wooded lot, yet the Suffolk County PD
doesnβt seem interested in pursuing the killers. In
desperation, Tommy seeks out the only cop he ever
trustedβGus Murphy.
Gus reluctantly agrees to see what he can uncover. As he
begins to sweep away the layers of dust that have collected
over the case during the intervening months, Gus finds that
Tommy was telling the truth. It seems that everyone involved
with the late T.J Delcaminoβfrom his best friend, to a gang
enforcer, to a mafia capo, and even the policeβhas something
to hide, and all are willing to go to extreme lengths to
keep it hidden. Itβs a dangerous favor Gus has taken on as
he claws his way back to take a place among the living,
while searching through the sewers for a killer.
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