Disturbed Earth - Hardcover

Reggie Nadelson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0434011886 ISBN 13: 9780434011889

Publisher: Heinemann, 2004

Synopsis

Winter 2003: War is looming and New York is paralyzed by the worst blizzard in years. Artie Cohen, on the verge of making peace with his life, is called to investigate a case--"a pile of blood--"soaked children's clothes has been found on the beach in Brooklyn. Almost against his will, Artie, finds himself drawn into a case that involves the death of a child and the unaccountable disappearance of another, all against the background of a city already stricken by fear. In this increasingly obsessive search for the missing child, Artie finds himself in the remote coastal suburbs of Brooklyn, among the Russian community he thought he had left behind--"and way out of his depth.

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From the Inside Flap

The first novel in an exciting crime trilogy starring Russian-Jewish cop Artie Cohen ("the detective every women would like to find in her bed." --"Guardian)
Reggie Nadelson's new Artie Cohen mystery begins when a jogger finds a kid's clothes drenched in blood and buried in the half frozen earth near Brooklyn's Brighton Beach. The action in the story takes place in south Manhattan where Artie lives, an area still traumatized by the loss of the Twin Towers, and coastal Brooklyn -- Brighton Beach, all boardwalk, beach and Russians; Coney Island with its wrecked amusement park; and Sheepshead Bay with its inlets and fishing boats.
The plot revolves around the killing of one child and the abduction of another, and the subsequent outbreak of fear. Fear is the real story here. The fear that explodes when two children are involved and still others seem to go missing. The way the city is still locked in the terror that's never gone away since 9/11. The constant presence of barricades and barriers and soldiers with AKs is part of the New York domestic landscape. It's also about Artie's relationship with the Russian community in Brooklyn; the way the story reels him back over and over, the way he can never really escape.

"From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

A journalist and documentary filmmaker, Reggie Nadelson is the author of four previous Artie Cohen novels: Red Hot Blues, Hot Poppies, Bloddy London, and Sex Dolls. Comrade Rockstar, her biography of Dean Reed, the American émigré who became the biggest rock star in the Soviet Union, is under movie option to Tom Hanks. She was born and lives in New York's Lower West Side.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0434011886
• ISBN 13: 9780434011889
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 341