IN THIS RAIN

The Edgar and Shamus Award-winning Rozan ventures outside her Bill Smith-Lydia Chinn PI mystery series with this stand-alone novel featuring New York City building inspectors, Joe Cole and Ann Montgomery. Framed for a crime he didn't committ that resulted in a child's death, Cole spent three years in prison, lost his family and now lives as a recluse. More deaths have opened a seam into the city's corruption-filled construction industry and Montgomery forces Cole out of his self-exile to help her unravel the cover-ups and secret deals that lead to the offices of a borough president and mayor. A small, thin ink mark on the bottom edge of the text that may be a remainder mark; also, a group of small smudges on pages 30-33, o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows some light surface wear and a crease in the upper corner of the rear flap, no tears or chipping. Not price-clipped. A good reading copy.