Post-Mortem Effects - Signed by Author

Boyle, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0670813257 / ISBN 13: 9780670813254

Published by Viking Press, U.S.A., 1987

Viking Press, 1987, First Edition, assumed first printing, no other printings stated. Signed by the author on the half-title page. 2nd Frank DeSales hardboiled mystery. Book Condition: Very Good +: The spine is straight with bumping on the ends. The front board is clean. The back board is clean. The lower board corners are bumped; the top corners are sharp. The board edges are clean. The pages are white and unmarked. The page edges are clean. The book is tight and unread. Dust jacket Condition: Very Good +: Not price clipped ($15.95). The front shows a pinch on the bottom edge and some mild rubbing. The back shows a pinch in the lower left corner and some rubbing. The spine shows some rubbing on the ends, else clean. The front panel shows a short pinch on the top edge, else clean. The back panel shows a pinch in the lower right hand corner, else clean. The jacket is enclosed in a protective cover. This book will be shipped the day after receipt of payment in an archival bag and bubble wrapped in a new box with a USPS tracking number. International buyers: heavier books may require additional shipping charges. Seller Inventory # HC124029

Synopsis:

Brooklyn supercop Francis DeSales and sidekick Tim Desmond cut through ethnic/religious tensions to investigate the assault of a young Jewish man, the kidnapping and murder of a Polish Catholic boy, and the brutal voodoo death of a black drug addict

Reviews: Boyle's detective Francis DeSales and professor Tim Desmond collaborate on investigating crimes again, in this frighteningly suspenseful novel. The setting is the borough of Brooklyn, with a volatile citizenry ethnically and religiously mixed. When a small gentile boy is killed, the ignorant accuse the ultra-orthodox Jews, who, in turn, attack each otherLubavitchers against Hasids. Later, a black pharmacist is murdered and, according to Desmonda specialist in criminality and religious ritesthe body suggests a voodoo ceremony. The situation is tense in all the neighborhoods as Halloween approaches, and Desmond takes his little son Nick to the daylong celebration in Prospect Park. Despite the police force's blanket covering of the scene, Nick is seized by a psychotic killer, while simultaneously, DeSales's former lover, TV personality Megan Moore, is abducted. The chase scenes are almost intolerably long and feverish as they mark the height of nonstop crises involving the entire community. Boyle here contradicts the title of his socko novel, Only the Dead Know Brooklyn. It's abundantly clear that he knows the borough intimately.
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Post-Mortem Effects - Signed by Author
Publisher: Viking Press, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition