Revolver

by Duane Swierczynski

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Pub Date Jul 19 2016 | Archive Date May 01 2017

Mulholland Books

Mystery & Thrillers

Description

Three generations torn apart -- by bullets fired fifty years ago.

Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops -- one black, one white -- are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy.

Philadelphia, 1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak learns that his father's alleged killer, Terrill Lee Stanton, has been sprung from prison. Jim stalks the ex-con, hoping to finally learn the truth.

Philadelphia, 2015: Jim's daughter Audrey, a forensic science student, re-opens her grandfather's murder for a research paper. But as Audrey digs deeper, she comes to realize that Stanton probably didn't pull the trigger -- and her father may have made a horrible mistake...

Three generations torn apart -- by bullets fired fifty years ago.

Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops -- one black, one white -- are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan...

Advance Praise

“Swierczynski just gets better and better . . . His riskiest move yet [is] a resounding success, with each story line featuring full-blooded characters and intrigue that works both in its own right and in the larger context.” —Booklist (starred review)

“[A] complex whodunit . . . Well-defined characters and a clever mystery . . . Swierczynski skillfully juggles three interrelated plot lines.” —Publishers Weekly

“Ambitious . . . This novel is dotted with fine details” —Kirkus Reviews