Former D.A. William
Landay explodes onto the suspense scene with an electrifying novel about
the true price of crime and the hidden corners of the criminal justice
system. Only an insider could so vividly capture Boston’s gritty
underworld of cops and criminals. And only a natural storyteller could
weave this mesmerizing tale of murder and memory, a story about the hold
of time past over time present–and the story of one unforgettable young
policeman who ventures into the most dangerous place of all.
By a gleaming lake in the forests of western Maine, outside a sleepy town called Versailles, the body of a man lies sprawled in a deserted cabin. The dead man was an elite D.A. from Boston, and his beat was that city’s toughest neighborhood: Mission Flats.
Now, for small-town police chief Ben Truman, investigating the murder will mean leaving his quiet, haunted home and journeying to an alien world of hard streets and hard bargains, where the fierce struggle between police and criminals is fought for the ultimate stakes.
Ben joins a manhunt through Mission Flats, where cops are scrambling to find their number-one suspect: Harold Braxton, a ruthless predator targeted for prosecution by the murdered D.A. To the Boston police, Braxton is a marked man. But as Ben watches the shadow dance of cops and suspects, he begins to voice doubts about Braxton’s guilt…especially when he uncovers a secret history of murder and retribution stretching back twenty years…back to a brutal killing now nearly forgotten. As past and present collide and a bloody mystery unfolds, only one thing remains certain: the most powerful
revelations are yet to come.
Mission Flats is at once a relentless page-turning mystery and a vivid portrait of a cop’s life. Here are the street corners, courtrooms, and stationhouses; the deal makers, thugs, and quiet heroes. An unforgettable world–and the luminous, boundary-breaking debut of a new voice in suspense fiction–Mission Flats will haunt you long after the final pages.
By a gleaming lake in the forests of western Maine, outside a sleepy town called Versailles, the body of a man lies sprawled in a deserted cabin. The dead man was an elite D.A. from Boston, and his beat was that city’s toughest neighborhood: Mission Flats.
Now, for small-town police chief Ben Truman, investigating the murder will mean leaving his quiet, haunted home and journeying to an alien world of hard streets and hard bargains, where the fierce struggle between police and criminals is fought for the ultimate stakes.
Ben joins a manhunt through Mission Flats, where cops are scrambling to find their number-one suspect: Harold Braxton, a ruthless predator targeted for prosecution by the murdered D.A. To the Boston police, Braxton is a marked man. But as Ben watches the shadow dance of cops and suspects, he begins to voice doubts about Braxton’s guilt…especially when he uncovers a secret history of murder and retribution stretching back twenty years…back to a brutal killing now nearly forgotten. As past and present collide and a bloody mystery unfolds, only one thing remains certain: the most powerful
revelations are yet to come.
Mission Flats is at once a relentless page-turning mystery and a vivid portrait of a cop’s life. Here are the street corners, courtrooms, and stationhouses; the deal makers, thugs, and quiet heroes. An unforgettable world–and the luminous, boundary-breaking debut of a new voice in suspense fiction–Mission Flats will haunt you long after the final pages.
My thoughts
7/10 from me. I'd never heard of this Author until I saw this book featured in my local Library as Book of the Month.
I found the book well written and we were taken on a roller coaster of a ride where the past came back to haunt several of the characters.
Ben Truman head of the local police force in the small town where the dead body is found, leaves the comfort of his surroundings for the big city to help in the manhunt. However, events develop which see him as a suspect. Only he knows whether he is guilty of the crime or not but all is not as it seems. Narrated by Ben, we see how events develop from his reliable or unreliable point of view.
I enjoyed the ride but felt it could have been a tad shorter. I will be looking for further books by this Author and wonder if he will write another book featuring Ben Truman.
I found the book well written and we were taken on a roller coaster of a ride where the past came back to haunt several of the characters.
Ben Truman head of the local police force in the small town where the dead body is found, leaves the comfort of his surroundings for the big city to help in the manhunt. However, events develop which see him as a suspect. Only he knows whether he is guilty of the crime or not but all is not as it seems. Narrated by Ben, we see how events develop from his reliable or unreliable point of view.
I enjoyed the ride but felt it could have been a tad shorter. I will be looking for further books by this Author and wonder if he will write another book featuring Ben Truman.
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