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William Heffernan is one of the most respected and critically acclaimed authors writing today. Now, in his sixteenth novel, he uses his powerful, atmospheric style to pay homage to the noir thriller and the great mystery writers of the forties and early fifties. "A Time Gone By" begins in the glitter of cafe society in the 1940s as it weaves a complex tale of murder and corruption involving one of New York City's most powerful political families. Crime fighting judge Wallace Reed, destined to be the next governor of New York, is found bludgeoned to death in his posh East Side townhouse. Thirty years later, Chief of Detectives Jake Downing is still haunted by that murder. It is the very crime that launched his meteoric police career. But it is also a crime that sent an innocent man to the electric chair and destroyed Downing's personal world by driving away everyone he had ever loved. Now, as he faces retirement, Downing decides to set the record and his conscience straight - no matter what it costs; no matter whom it hurts. What really happened on that rainy night in 1945? Who wanted the judge killed? Certainly the sultry young widow, Cynthia Reed, had questionable reasons for marrying the judge-but did she also want him dead? Jake Downing knew Cynthia was trouble the moment he saw her; he knew, but he didn't care. She was beautiful and vulnerable, and it was Jake's responsibility to protect her. It was an assignment that would forever alter the life of an idealistic young detective. Now, three decades later, as he struggles to find the real murderer of Judge Reed, Jake Downing is opening a door he will never be able to close. But is it the truth Jake really wants, or is it revenge?
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"A sleekly constructed homage to those noir novels of yesteryear . . . [Heffernan's] feelings for the postwar period are palpable in his seductive descriptions of New York nightscapes and in the free-and-easy speech patterns of characters long gone but too vivid to be forgotten." --NEW YORK TIMES
About the Author:
"There's a nice noir feeling to the opening pages of A TIME GONE BY . . . Heffernan's novels are not so much about the murder but the effect the murder has on the people involved. That's not just good mystery writing. That's good writing, period." --DENVER POST
"Heffernan's tale is beguiling . . . His success in the reworking of a classic American art form is also obvious. Cain and Hammett would have approved." --ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
"An aging police detective's regrets are examined in raw, moving detail in this superior crime drama . . . Edgar-winning Heffernan once again shows himself a craftsman of the hardboiled style, as well as a seamless handler of shifting viewpoints and emotions." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
William Heffernan is the Edgar Award-winning author of sixteen novels, including the New York Times bestseller, The Dinosaur Club, published by Hale. He lives in Vermont.
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- PublisherRobert Hale Ltd
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0709075472
- ISBN 13 9780709075479
- BindingHardcover
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