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The Viper: A Dave Gurney Novel
Counterpoint
ISBN13:
9781640095854
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Retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney cant shake his need for police work, but his obsession comes at a high price, and he soon finds himself in the crosshairs, on the run, and placing everything on the line as he matches wits with a killer crueler than any he encountered during his years on the force Tennis bad boy Zeke Slade is serving twenty years to life for the murder of small-time criminal Lenny Lerman. The facts of the caseand Slades checkered pastseem indisputable. Why then is Dave Gurney being asked to come out of retirement to reinvestigate the matter by his wifes friend? And why is Madeleine, usually agnostic about her husbands freelance police work, so insistent that Gurney take on the case? Somethings not adding up. What is clear is that theres more afoot than anybody is letting on, and that includes the ruthless district attorney, who has it out for Gurney. Revelation leads to revelation in classic edge-of-your-seat Verdon fashion, and soon Gurney finds himself the prime suspect in a murder as he matches wits with a killer animated by motives crueler than anything Gurney has encountered before. The Favor finds Gurney putting everythingpersonal and professionalon the line to solve the case, and the shocking conclusion will call into question his obsession with police work and whether its costing him more than even this brilliant detective ever suspected.
- | Author: John Verdon
- | Publisher: Counterpoint
- | Publication Date: Jul 18, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 400 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1640095853
- | ISBN-13: 9781640095854
- Author:
- John Verdon
- Publisher:
- Counterpoint
- Publication Date:
- Jul 18, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 400 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1640095853
- ISBN-13:
- 9781640095854