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Bag Men

by Mark Costello

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It is New Year's Day, 1965, and the body of Father George Sedgewick is discovered on a snow-covered runway of Logan Airport. Gone missing are four thousand communion hosts consecrated by Pope Paul VI, meant to be given out to the faithful at the first English-language mass in America later that year.

Ray Dunn, a rising young assistant district attorney and the son of a corrupt cop, is assigned to the case. In another part of the city, legendary narcotics detective Manny Manning begins a desperate search for the shadowy source of deadly new heroin hitting the streets. This time Manny is determined to reach the top, but his adversary is cunning, brutal--and branching out into a strange drug called "acid."

These quests for a killer and a dealer will intersect, unleashing the ghosts of the past and unlocking the secrets of Boston's most powerful institutions. Authentic, knowing, and bracingly cynical, Bag Men is a powerful thriller that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.

Review:

"Bag Men is terrific. The hard-knocks hardboiled world of Boston in 1965 is brilliantly re-created. This book is pure pleasure." Scott Turow

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"[A] crackerjack crime sizzler... An exhilerating page-turner." San Francisco Chronicle

Synopsis:

A quest for a killer and a drug dealer will intersect, unleashing the ghosts of the past and unlocking the secrets of Boston's most powerful institutions. Authentic, knowing, and bracingly cynical, "Bag Men" is a powerful thriller that will keep readers on the edge of their seats.
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About the Author

Mark Costello worked as a federal prosecutor for five years before writing Bag Men, his first novel, under the name John Flood. He lives in New York.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780156028219
Author:
Costello, Mark
Publisher:
Mariner Books
Location:
Orlando
Subject:
Espionage/Intrigue
Subject:
Thrillers
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Catholics
Subject:
Boston
Subject:
Drug traffic
Copyright:
2003
Edition Number:
1st Harvest ed.
Edition Description:
Harvest
Series Volume:
03-38
Publication Date:
May 2003
Binding:
TP
Language:
English
Pages:
276
Dimensions:
8.38x5.82x.72 in. .79 lbs.
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