- EAN13
- 9780786871414
- Éditeur
- Hachette Books
- Date de publication
- 08/2001
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9780786871414
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Lieutenant Lou Boldt, the Seattle cop who stars in Ridley Pearson's deservedly
popular series, is a sharp and touching figure--perhaps the most believable
police officer in current fiction. Early in this ninth book about his public
and private life, Lou has to put on a bullet-resistant vest to lead a raid
against some dangerous criminals. "The vest was not physically heavy, but its
presence was," Pearson tells us.
It meant battle; it meant risk. For Boldt, a vest was a symbol of youth. It
had been well over a year since he had worn one. Ironically, as he approached
the hangar's north door at a light run behind his own four heavily armored ERT
personnel, he caught himself worrying about his hands, not his life. He didn't
want to smash up his piano hands in some close quarters skirmish. . . . Boldt
plays jazz piano one night a week in a local bar, and despite his concern for
his hands, he takes every opportunity he can to get away from his desk and
into the streets. But money pressures, caused by his wife's recent illness,
also make him think about the possibility of a better-paying job in the
private sector.
Meanwhile, some extremely ruthless people are murdering illegal Chinese
immigrant women and leaving their bodies buried in newly dug graves. An
ambitious local TV journalist named Stevie McNeal and the young Chinese woman
she thinks of as her "Little Sister" risk their lives to investigate the
killings, while Boldt and his team round up a most unusual array of suspects.
This combination of hard-edged realism and softer sentiment has become
Pearson's trademark, and once again it works smoothly. --Dick Adler
popular series, is a sharp and touching figure--perhaps the most believable
police officer in current fiction. Early in this ninth book about his public
and private life, Lou has to put on a bullet-resistant vest to lead a raid
against some dangerous criminals. "The vest was not physically heavy, but its
presence was," Pearson tells us.
It meant battle; it meant risk. For Boldt, a vest was a symbol of youth. It
had been well over a year since he had worn one. Ironically, as he approached
the hangar's north door at a light run behind his own four heavily armored ERT
personnel, he caught himself worrying about his hands, not his life. He didn't
want to smash up his piano hands in some close quarters skirmish. . . . Boldt
plays jazz piano one night a week in a local bar, and despite his concern for
his hands, he takes every opportunity he can to get away from his desk and
into the streets. But money pressures, caused by his wife's recent illness,
also make him think about the possibility of a better-paying job in the
private sector.
Meanwhile, some extremely ruthless people are murdering illegal Chinese
immigrant women and leaving their bodies buried in newly dug graves. An
ambitious local TV journalist named Stevie McNeal and the young Chinese woman
she thinks of as her "Little Sister" risk their lives to investigate the
killings, while Boldt and his team round up a most unusual array of suspects.
This combination of hard-edged realism and softer sentiment has become
Pearson's trademark, and once again it works smoothly. --Dick Adler
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