Blood Sunset - Softcover

Henry, Jarad

3.82

57 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1741754208 ISBN 13: 9781741754209

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2009

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

When a young runaway is found dead one morning, a syringe hanging out of his arm, no one is terribly shocked. A known junkie, even local detective Rubens McCauley is quick to conclude that Dallas Boyd died of an accidental overdose. But anomalies in the boy's death—and the haunting memory of a childhood friend—continue to nag at McCauley. Unable to shake his unease, he soon digs deeper into the case and finds himself enmeshed in a secret network of pedophiles, child abusers, and underage prostitutes. Forced to look evil in the eye, McCauley must conquer his own demons as he battles to find justice for a young boy he never even met.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author:

Jarad Henry is the author of Head Shot.

From Publishers Weekly:

Bushfires cast a shroud of smoke over Melbourne in this solid police procedural as Det. Sgt. Rubens Rubes McCauley returns to duty as part of St. Kilda's criminal investigation unit after suffering a near-fatal gunshot wound in Australian author Henry's debut, Head Shot. Rubes believes he's ready for the streets, but his call of nil suspicious circumstances on a teenage overdose nags at him. Soon the detective realizes it was murder, setting him on the trail of a network of pedophiles preying on the district and an international ring of child pornographers. Henry throws in all the expected cop shop elements—the disapproving supervisor, spunky sidekick, ex-wife, impassioned speeches—dotting every I and crossing every T en route to one climax after another. The action never quite goes viral, but crime fans ought to like the seedy St. Kilda setting, where the cops might rub you the wrong way, maybe even disrespect you, but they'll never go lazy on you. (Mar.)
Copyright � Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.