The New York Times hails David Mark's work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain"; in Taking Pity, Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy returns for another darkly enthralling installment of this internationally acclaimed series.
ItтАЩs been three months since Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy returned home, or what was left of it after a horrific tragedy. All that remained was charred masonry, broken timbers, and dried bloodтАФa crude reminder of the home invasion and explosion that tore his house and family apart. McAvoyтАЩs wife and daughter are safe, heтАЩs been assured; he just wishes he knew where they were.
┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а As McAvoy wrestles with his guilt, self-hatred, and helplessness, trouble persists in stormy Hull. Organized crime emerges as the cityтАЩs latest threat, with two warring factions leaving plenty of bodies for Detective Superintendent Trish Pharaoh and her unit to clean up. Now more than ever, Pharaoh needs her sergeant to return to work and be a policeman again. She gives McAvoy a case thatтАЩs supposed to ease him back into the game: a re-investigation of┬а a rural┬а quadruple murder that was put to bed fifty years ago. But what was supposed to be a cut-and-dry job quickly unravels as McAvoy digs up new evidence and witness testimonies, steering him closer to some of the most notorious criminals in northern England.
┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а Fast-paced, noir-ish and fresh off the heels of Sorrow BoundтАЩs violent finale, Taking Pity is the latest page-turning installment in the gripping Detective McAvoy series. Hailed by The New York Times as being тАЬin the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain,тАЭ David MarkтАЩs police procedurals are smart, dark, and above all, wholly captivating.
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