Free Fall: A John Ceepak Mystery (John Ceepak Mysteries) - Hardcover

Grabenstein, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1605984752 ISBN 13: 9781605984759

Publisher: Pegasus Books, 2013

Synopsis

The new novel in the award-winning mystery series that "moves like lightning" - Kirkus Reviews

“I didn’t do it!” is something cops hear all the time. But when the plea comes from a close friend who’s fallen on hard times,it’s tougher to ignore, especially for young Officer Danny Boyle.  It’s the start of another action-packed summer for the wise cracking Boyle and straight-arrow cop (now Chief of Detectives) John Ceepak down the Jersey Shore as they do their best to help Danny’s friend, a young nurse who claims she has been falsely accused of aggravated assault by a prestigious Sea Haven doctor.  Ceepak’s unshakable code of honor is tested when he trusts that the nurse is telling the truth. It’s stretched to the limit when one of the nurse’s home health care patients turns up dead.Now Ceepak and Danny must answer the hard and horrible question: “Did we just help a friend get away with murder?”Get ready for another fun and fast-paced page-turner from Anthony and Agatha award-winner Chris Grabenstein.

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About the Author

Chris Grabenstein is the Anthony and Agatha Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed thrill reads Tilt A Whirl, Mad Mouse, Whack A Mole, Hell Hole, Mind Scrambler, and Rolling Thunder, plus the young adult chillers The Crossroads and The Hanging Hill. He lives in New York City.

From Booklist

It’s early June and, despite Hurricane Sandy, Sea Haven, New Jersey, is ready for another “sunny, funderful” summer. But straight-arrow Detective John Ceepak and his wisecracking partner, Danny Boyle, really have their hands full. A 94-year-old retired dentist has been murdered, and yet another hot friend of Danny’s, an RN who provided live-in care to the victim, is a prime suspect, along with the dentist’s wildly dysfunctional family. Meanwhile, the new mayor, who owns a boardwalk amusement pier, has purchased a second-hand thrill ride—a Free Fall, which was involved in a fatal accident in its former location—and he has hired Ceepak’s odious father, who arrives quoting Bible verse, to operate it. These disparate plot threads collide to produce a bloody denouement that leaves Ceepak and Boyle at risk. Free Fall was essentially completed when Sandy hit, but Grabenstein acknowledges the hurricane in an author’s note and alludes to a future Ceepak novel set during the storm. For now, though, Sea Haven abides, complete with Springsteen lyrics, sleuthing, characters both honorable and awful, and, of course, deep-fried Snickers bars. --Thomas Gaughan

Edition details

• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1605984752
• ISBN 13: 9781605984759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352