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Black and blue : a Doug Brock thriller / David Rosenfelt.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2019Edition: First EditionDescription: 290 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781250133144 :
  • 1250133149
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23
Summary: The next exciting installment in bestselling David Rosenfelt's Doug Brock series. Doug Brock hasn't had it easy since his getting shot in the line of duty as a New Jersey state police officer. Between the amnesia and having to solve two murder cases, it hasn't been the most restful recovery. Now, the cold case department is checking evidence from a murder case Doug was investigating before the accident, but the DNA points to a man Doug eliminated as a suspect... and he remembers none of it. Doug begins to reinvestigate what turns out to be a series of unsolved killings and must retrace his steps to discover why he would have let the suspect go free. What he uncovers may be more dangerous than any case he's faced yet. With Black and Blue, nationally bestselling author David Rosenfelt continues his thrilling new series featuring Doug Brock.
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"Rosenfelt knocks it out of the park with this fiendishly twisty serial killer thriller." - Publishers Weekly , starred review

The next exciting installment in bestselling David Rosenfelt's Doug Brock series.

Doug Brock hasn't had it easy since his getting shot in the line of duty as a New Jersey state police officer. Between the amnesia and having to solve two murder cases, it hasn't been the most restful recovery. He's slowly earning back the trust of his girlfriend Jessie, since he doesn't remember their breakup, and has focused on new crimes with his partner, Nate.

But now an old case of Doug's has resurfaced, and it's up to Doug to retrace his steps - steps he can't remember - to solve the case. Eighteen months ago, Walter Brookings was shot through the heart. With no clear motive and no similar murders, the investigation stalled and became a cold case.

When another man is murdered in the same fashion and the ballistics come back as a match, Doug begins to reinvestigate, and starts to question his own actions from the previous investigation.

Finally, what Doug uncovers may be more dangerous than any case he's faced yet.

The next exciting installment in bestselling David Rosenfelt's Doug Brock series. Doug Brock hasn't had it easy since his getting shot in the line of duty as a New Jersey state police officer. Between the amnesia and having to solve two murder cases, it hasn't been the most restful recovery. Now, the cold case department is checking evidence from a murder case Doug was investigating before the accident, but the DNA points to a man Doug eliminated as a suspect... and he remembers none of it. Doug begins to reinvestigate what turns out to be a series of unsolved killings and must retrace his steps to discover why he would have let the suspect go free. What he uncovers may be more dangerous than any case he's faced yet. With Black and Blue, nationally bestselling author David Rosenfelt continues his thrilling new series featuring Doug Brock.

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Publishers Weekly Review

In Edgar finalist Rosenfelt's outstanding third Doug Brock novel (after 2018's Fade to Black), Brock, a New Jersey State Police homicide lieutenant who lost some of his memories after being shot in the head several years earlier, hopes this handicap won't compromise a high-pressure investigation. Someone shot attorney Alex Randowsky through the heart as Randowsky was leaving a tennis court. The m.o. is identical to the murder of affluent businessman Walter Brookings, who was killed shortly before Brock's brain injury; Brock has no independent memories of his role in investigating that case. But as he reviews the case files, he's haunted by the possibility that gun collector Danny Phelan, a suspect he dismissed in Brookings's death, and who was in prison between the two killings, is actually responsible for both deaths. The investigation takes a personal turn when the killer sends Brock a taunting note, stating that he's already taken two lives, with 98 more to go. Dead ends and red herrings abound as the action builds to a jaw-dropping reveal. Rosenfelt knocks it out of the park with this fiendishly twisty serial killer thriller. Agent: Robin Rue, Writers House. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Booklist Review

In the middle of a murder investigation that keeps turning up endless questions and zero answers, New Jersey state cop Doug Brock laments he has ""a tendency to clear suspects who then go on to kill people."" Years ago he sought the man who murdered a philanthropist with a sniper-perfect shot through the heart. Brock had a pretty good idea that the killer was an embittered loser named Danny Phelan, but he couldn't prove it and this failing haunts him as the present narrative begins. Another nice man is murdered, all the details are similar to the earlier shooting, and the profilers declare Phelan a ""person of interest."" Is a man dead because Brock wasn't good enough? What follows is a high-speed narrative deploying some of the genre's stock figures the skeptical girlfriend, the überworldly partner but gettting good work out of them. Rosenfelt's fondness for one-liners is also fortunately muted, leaving him free to screw down the tension. The standoff at the end is another genre staple, but this one is completely fresh. You'll never guess who it is holding the gun.--Don Crinklaw Copyright 2019 Booklist
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