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'fter the sudden
disappearance of two high-priced detectives, former Indianapolis cop
Frank Behr—the brooding private investigator introduced in David
Levien’s nationally acclaimed novel City of the Sun—is pulled into a case that is harrowing, relentless, and, ultimately, personal.
Early
in the dark, Indianapolis morning, Frank Behr’s friend and mentor is
murdered—with no motive and no trace of evidence left behind. Behr, a
quiet, mountainous former cop, thirsts for answers and retaliation. But
before he can make headway in the dead-end investigation, an exclusive
private firm approaches him with a delicate proposition: two of its
detectives have gone missing, and the firm wants Behr to find out what
happened to them. Prodded to take the case by his old boss—the
Indianapolis chief of police who holds the strings to Frank’s possible
return to the force—Behr accepts.
The search for the missing
detectives takes Behr into the recesses of Indianapolis’s underworld, a
place rife with brutality and vice—and a stark contrast to the city’s
gentle public image. As Behr calls on old street contacts and his
hard-boiled investigative skills, he is led deeper into a twisted
society of organized crime and an unknown landscape of “pea-shake”
houses—low-rent, transient gambling rings staged in condemned buildings
around the city. Unexpectedly, Behr uncovers a shocking thread
connecting the missing detectives to his friend’s brutal murder, and, in
the process, Behr is forced to confront an ominous, deadly new breed of
crime family.
Introduced in City of the Sun, Frank Behr instantly attracted critical attention and a devoted fan base, and Where the Dead Lay
places Behr on a broader, edgier stage. This extraordinary crime novel
stands with the best of Michael Connelly and Lee Child, featuring a
brilliantly drawn, ruthless criminal family whom readers will not soon
forget, and showcasing the immense talents of David Levien. '
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