作品情報
四つの遺体とひとつの疑問から、記者カーター・ロスの危険な取材が始まる。
ニューアークの新聞記者カーター・ロスは、空き地で見つかった四人の死体を取材する。警察が流す説明に納得できない彼は、編集者やインターン、街の情報源の力を借りて事件の裏側に近づいていく。やがて記事は麻薬組織の中心に触れ、カーター自身の命も危険にさらされる。
レビュー要約
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硬質な犯罪捜査に軽妙な会話と新聞社の現場感が加わり、デビュー作らしい勢いがあると評価されている。主人公の取材力と街の描写が物語を前へ進める。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Minotaur Books
- 発売日
- 2009-12-08
- ページ数
- 330ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 16.18 x 2.81 x 21.56 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780312574772
- ISBN-10
- 0312574770
- 価格
- 20279 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Mystery
Four bodies, each with a single bullet wound in the back of the head, stacked like cordwood in a weed-choked vacant lot: Thats the front-page news facing Carter Ross, investigative reporter with the Newark Eagle-Examiner . Immediately dispatched to the scene, Carter learns that the four victimsan exotic dancer, a drug dealer, a hustler, and a mamas boycame from different parts of the city and didnt seem to know one another. The police, eager to calm jittery residents, leak a theory that the murders are revenge for a bar stickup, and Carters paper, hungry for a scoop, hastily prints it. Carter doesnt come from the streets, but he understands a thing or two about Newarks neighborhoods. And he knows there are no quick answers when dealing with a crime like this. Determined to uncover the true story, he enlists the aide of Tina Thompson, the papers smoking-hot city editor, to run interference at the office; Tommy Hernandez, the papers gay Cuban intern, to help him with legwork on the streets; and Tynesha Dales, a local stripper, to take him to Newarks underside. It turns out that the four victims have one connection after all, and this knowledge will put Carter on the path of one very ambitious killer. Faces of the Gone won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel and the Nero Award for Best American Mystery--it is the first book to receive both awards. The book was named to lists of the year's best mystery debuts by the Chicago Sun-Times and South Florida Sun-Sentinel .
Brad Parks is a Shamus and Nero Award winner. He spent a dozen years as a reporter with The Washington Post and The [Newark, N.J.] Star-Ledger . A graduate of Dartmouth College, he lives with his wife and two small children in Virginia, where he is currently working on the next Carter Ross adventure.
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can'T get away
you will enjoy it to the last word well written keeps you until the end good use of words and proper english
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Enjoyable Murder Mystery
This was an enjoyable introduction to the author and his protagonist Carter Ross, investigative journalist. It would say this is a lighthearted mystery except for the dark topics of murder and torture. The main character keeps things light not unlike Koontz' Odd Thomas. I liked the main characters and the interaction between them. The book was entertaining and does inspire me to keep reading the books in the series.
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Good read.
Good read. Not his best.
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Not one for me
Couldn't get into this although I made it to a 3rd of the way. The authors writing style isn't for me.
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A Stellar Debut
Carter Ross, an investigative reporter, is working on a story about four dead bodies all found in the same abandoned lot with one shot to the head and he has every intention of digging until he find out what connects these four people together. Carter knows that whatever connects these people is the reason that they are all dead together and that it isn't about a bar robbery like the cops are saying. Carter, with the the help of an intern named Tommy get cracking on some interviews and investigative work and eventually they track down what Carter thinks might be the link, but that just puts him square in the cross hairs of someone who is less than appreciative of all of his hard work. This was a great novel because the charter development was excellent and the pacing was deft. It had that slightly gritty tone to it but was still capable of making you laugh out loud at certain lines, which is always the mark of a great writer. I found myself loving Carter as a character which is always a good thing, and immediately wanting to by Brad Parks so it definitely leaves you wanting more. I highly recommend it and I know I read it really quickly.
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