CITY OF THE SUN by David Levien - SIGNED FIRST EDITION BOOK
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Riveting suspense in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly, City of the Sun
introduces retired detective Frank Behr—an imposing, charismatic former
cop who agrees to take the case of a boy who’s been missing for over a
year.
Jamie Gabriel gets on his bike before dawn to deliver
newspapers in his suburban Indianapolis neighborhood. He is twelve
years old. Somewhere en route, as the October sky lightens, he vanishes
without a trace.
Fourteen months later, Paul and Carol Gabriel are
on the verge of abandoning all hope. Crushed by frustrating dead ends
and exhausted by a police force that cannot (or will not) find their
son, the Gabriels finally find a ray of hope: the name of an elusive
private investigator who may represent their last chance.
Frank Behr
is an enigmatic mountain of a man, a former cop who wants to help—but
knows better than to give the Gabriels any hope of a happy ending. He
has worked this kind of case too often. But Paul’s plea stirs up old
personal demons that Behr can no longer ignore. Going against
everything he fears, Behr enters into an uneasy partnership with Paul
on a quest for the truth that is, in turn, dangerous … and haunting.
Richly textured and crackling with suspense on every page, City of the Sun
weaves a moody narrative that hinges on the bond between a damaged
detective and a lost father. From the antiseptic comforts of suburban
Indianapolis to the city’s seamy underworld, David Levien introduces a
private investigator as complex, idiosyncratic, and sympathetic as any
in modern crime fiction. Levien is a gifted storyteller who will keep
readers guessing right up until the final, explosive scene.