Capitol Offense - Hardcover

Doogan, Mike

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399154310 ISBN 13: 9780399154317

Publisher: Putnam Adult, 2007

Synopsis

When a promising young legislator is accused of the murder of a young woman, disgraced ex-cop Nik Kane is hired by a mysterious patron to investigate the case, which is heavily influenced by corrupt forces in the oil industry. By the author of Lost Angel.

About this title

About the Author:

Mike Doogan has been called "the columnist Alaskans love to hate." A third-generation native of the state, he lives in Anchorage. Currently, he is seeking a seat in the Alaska State House.

From Publishers Weekly:

In veteran Anchorage journalist Doogan's uneven second Nik Kane mystery (after 2006's Lost Angel), a wealthy widow hires Kane, a disgraced former Anchorage cop turned PI, to help defend a promising Native Alaskan state legislator, Matthew Hope, against the charge of murdering an aide to conservative senator O.B. Potter. The first half of the book reads like a traditional detective novel, with a tough, troubled protagonist, mysterious client, unjustly accused suspect and reluctant informants, including Kane's estranged son, Dylan. Kane even acquires a sarcastic sidekick, Tlingit cab driver Cocoa Paul. The story eventually falls apart as Kane, working by instinct, suffers threats and beatings en route to an unsatisfying conclusion. Though most books set in Alaska take place in the glorious and forbidding wilderness, almost all the action is in the state capital, Juneau, a city that seems carved out of ice and rocks. Unfortunately, strong writing and evocative descriptions can't save a predictable plot and a hodgepodge of stock characters. (Aug.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Adult
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0399154310
• ISBN 13: 9780399154317
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320