Description
| Product ID: | 9781594746741 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | The Last Policeman Trilogy |
| Title: | The Last Policeman |
| Subtitle: | A Novel |
| Authors: | Author: Ben H. Winters |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
| Description: | Hank Palace is working the case of Peter Zell, an insurance man who has comitted suicide. To his fellow police officers, it's just one more death-by-hanging in a city that sees a dozen of suicides every week. But Palace senses something wrong. There's something odd about the crime scene. Something off. Palace becomes convinced that it's murder. As Seen on Today with Hoda & Jenna “A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.” –Alexandra Alter, The New York Times Winner of the 2013 Edgar® Award for Best Paperback Original! What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week—except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares. The first in a trilogy, The Last Policeman offers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace’s investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we’re confronted by hard questions way beyond “whodunit.” What basis does civilization rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered? |
| Imprint Name: | Quirk Books |
| Publisher Name: | Quirk Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-05-13 |
