Hollowpoint

Hollowpoint

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Author: Robert Reuland

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 288


There was a time when Assistant District Attorney Andrew Giobberti pursued his job with vigour and a certain glee. He sent hundreds of perps upstate and commanded the respect of the tough Brooklyn cops whose in vestigations he steered. Now he mostly thinks about his next drink and the girl he can persuade to share it with him. A hand has reached into his chest and removed something that made the whole machine run - she was five years old, and her name was Opal. Over the course of one impossibly hot August, Gio's life comes apart. It's been a year since his daughter died, but the loss carves away at him still. A case much like others crosses desk: young girl, dead from a gunshot wound; crackhead mother; very guilty looking boyfriend. Something in this ordinary if tawdry case uncovers a vast well of grief and rage in him, and it's unclear who will be the target of his urge to avenge a pointless death. His steely associate, Stacey - with whom he shares his bed but nothing more - watches with alarm as he lurches toward an act that could pr
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Robert Reuland

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 288


There was a time when Assistant District Attorney Andrew Giobberti pursued his job with vigour and a certain glee. He sent hundreds of perps upstate and commanded the respect of the tough Brooklyn cops whose in vestigations he steered. Now he mostly thinks about his next drink and the girl he can persuade to share it with him. A hand has reached into his chest and removed something that made the whole machine run - she was five years old, and her name was Opal. Over the course of one impossibly hot August, Gio's life comes apart. It's been a year since his daughter died, but the loss carves away at him still. A case much like others crosses desk: young girl, dead from a gunshot wound; crackhead mother; very guilty looking boyfriend. Something in this ordinary if tawdry case uncovers a vast well of grief and rage in him, and it's unclear who will be the target of his urge to avenge a pointless death. His steely associate, Stacey - with whom he shares his bed but nothing more - watches with alarm as he lurches toward an act that could pr