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John Bekker, the downtrodden hero of Sunset – Edgar Award Finalist for Best Novel - returns to face his greatest challenge yet. When Bekker's old friend and state prosecutor Carly Simms wakes up next to a murdered young man in a motel room after a night of drinking, she doesn't remember a thing, especially stabbing the young man in the heart. Although all the evidence points to her guilt, Simms hires Bekker to prove her innocence. Bekker soon finds himself ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The murder victim was raised in an orphanage in Utah, and Bekker makes the startling discovery that other young men from the same orphanage are being murdered around the country. To clear Carly Simms, Bekker must connect the dots and find whoever is responsible for the other killings. As he gathers evidence and closes in on a suspect, Bekker and his family become targets. The stakes are high, the race is on and there can be only one winner. SUNRISE is a fast-paced whodunit that will leave you breathless.
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About the Author:
Al Lamanda is the author of the novels Dunston Falls, Walking Homeless, Running Homeless, Sunset, Sunrise and First Light.
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This sequel to Sunset (2012), which introduced retired cop John Bekker (he’s a private investigator now), should appeal to fans of hard-boiled crime fiction. Carly Simms, a state prosecutor and one of Bekker’s close friends, is accused of murder. But Simms claims she’s innocent, and the county sheriff believes her, despite the damning physical evidence. Who better to sort out this mess than Bekker, a former Special Crimes investigator? Bekker soon discovers that the victim is one of a handful of murdered men who came out of the same Utah orphanage, but that gets him no closer to the identity of the killer. Bekker is a bit of a familiar character: a tough former cop who’s equally proficient with his wits or his fists. But the author has made Bekker his own man and not a copy of (say) Jack Reacher or Charlie Parker. The first Bekker novel received some glowing praise; this second book should do the same. --David Pitt
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1500951722
- ISBN 13 9781500951726
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages274
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