Red Hook - Softcover

Reggie Nadelson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0434011924 ISBN 13: 9780434011926

Publisher: William Heinemann, 2005

Synopsis

Journalist Jack Santiago is famous for his investigative skills, for his ability to get under the skin of the rich and famous - and for his reporting on nuclear terrorism in New York. The city, he insists, is on the verge of an attack, an attack with radioactive materials, an attack so sudden and secret that none of the city's preparations will make any difference. He's obsessed with suitcase nukes; with tiny weapons concealed in bags, easily carried into the city; with the fact that 100,000 people will die of nuclear poisoning. The only problem with Santiago is that he is dead. The other problem is that none of his stories are true. It is the night of the August 2003 blackout when Santiago is killed. August 14, when the lights go out up and down the US East Coast. And also the night that Artie Cohen, forever single, still regretting the loss of Lily Hanes who has left him, gets married to Maxine Crabbe. He wants a life, kids, a home; with Maxie, he's convinced himself, he can find it. Santiago's death reveals a history of lies, deceit and falsification; Santiago has made up everything, including much of his own life. And in the course of uncovering who killed him, Artie also unc

About this title

About the Author:

A journalist and documentary film maker, Reggie Nadelson is a New Yorker who also makes her home in London. She is the author of five novels featuring the detective Artie Cohen ('the detective every woman would like to find in her bed' Guardian). Her non-fiction book Comrade Rockstar, the story of the American who became the biggest rock star in the Soviet Union, is to be made into a film starring Tom Hanks.

From Publishers Weekly:

Nadelson's strong sixth Artie Cohen whodunit (after 2005's The Disturbed Earth) depicts a grim and gritty post-9/11 New York City faced with new fears of terrorism aimed at disrupting the 2004 Republican National Convention. As Cohen, an NYPD detective who grew up in the Soviet Union, prepares to marry, he receives cryptic requests for help from an old friend, Sid McKay, a respected reporter who has become increasingly disillusioned with the corruption of the American news media. Cohen imperils his personal happiness by going the extra mile for McKay, delving into a complicated world of terrorism, the Russian underworld and real estate speculation. Tragically, Cohen's efforts can't prevent McKay's murder. The author continues to raise the stakes for her three-dimensional hero and shows every sign of having many more compelling stories to tell. (Oct.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: William Heinemann
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0434011924
• ISBN 13: 9780434011926
• Binding: Paperback