Unholy Order - William Heffernan
A Paul Devlin Mystery
KORTE INHOUD
The leader of an elite squad of NYPD homicide detectives, maverick man-hunter Paul Devlin returns in an electrifying novel of suspense that plumbs terrible secrets hidden in the untouchable world of the righteous. UNHOLY ORDER No evil is more frightening than the horror tha masquerades as good. In a city as huge and unpredictably dangerous as New York, murder is sadly unremarkable. A new slaying, however, has tossed the red ball squarely in Detective Paul Devlin's lap. This victim is a woman, her throat and midsection viciously slashed open, a lethal dose of heroin found in her system. But this outrage is different. This corpse was that of a nun. With the press turning the killing into a carnival -- with blistering heat coming down from the mayor's office, One Police Plaza, and the Archdiocese -- Devlin needs to find a murderer, and fast. But suddenly walls are being erected in his path, and powerful threats are being made to stall an investigation that is leading Paul Devlin and his people in a shocking dire...
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Former library book laminated cover; ownership stamp to the front endpapers. In good condition, slight browning paper; Voormalig bibliotheekboek gelamineerde omslag; eigendomsstempel op de voorste schutbladen. Lichtbruin papier.
