The Good Detective

Mystery & Suspense, Police Procedural, Fiction & Literature, Thrillers
Cover of the book The Good Detective by John McMahon, Penguin Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John McMahon ISBN: 9780525535553
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: March 19, 2019
Imprint: G.P. Putnam's Sons Language: English
Author: John McMahon
ISBN: 9780525535553
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: March 19, 2019
Imprint: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language: English

**"John McMahon is one of those rare writers who seem to have sprung out of nowhere. His first novel, The Good Detective, which is pretty much perfect, features a decent if flawed hero battling personal troubles while occupied with a murder case of great consequence to his community."--New York Times Book Review

Introducing Detective P.T. Marsh in a swift and bruising debut where Elmore Leonard's staccato prose meets Greg Iles' Southern settings.

How can you solve a crime if you've killed the prime suspect?**

Detective P.T. Marsh was a rising star on the police force of Mason Falls, Georgia--until his wife and young son died in an accident. Since that night, he's lost the ability to see the line between smart moves and disastrous decisions. Such as when he agrees to help out a woman by confronting her abusive boyfriend. When the next morning he gets called to the scene of his newest murder case, he is stunned to arrive at the house of the very man he beat up the night before. He could swear the guy was alive when he left, but can he be sure? What's certain is that his fingerprints are all over the crime scene.

The trouble is only beginning. When the dead body of a black teenager is found in a burned-out field with a portion of a blackened rope around his neck, P.T. realizes he might have killed the number-one suspect of this horrific crime.

Amid rising racial tension and media scrutiny, P.T. uncovers something sinister at the heart of the boy's murder--a conspiracy leading all the way back to the time of the Civil War. Risking everything to unravel the puzzle even as he fights his own personal demons, P.T. races headlong toward an incendiary and life-altering showdown.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

**"John McMahon is one of those rare writers who seem to have sprung out of nowhere. His first novel, The Good Detective, which is pretty much perfect, features a decent if flawed hero battling personal troubles while occupied with a murder case of great consequence to his community."--New York Times Book Review

Introducing Detective P.T. Marsh in a swift and bruising debut where Elmore Leonard's staccato prose meets Greg Iles' Southern settings.

How can you solve a crime if you've killed the prime suspect?**

Detective P.T. Marsh was a rising star on the police force of Mason Falls, Georgia--until his wife and young son died in an accident. Since that night, he's lost the ability to see the line between smart moves and disastrous decisions. Such as when he agrees to help out a woman by confronting her abusive boyfriend. When the next morning he gets called to the scene of his newest murder case, he is stunned to arrive at the house of the very man he beat up the night before. He could swear the guy was alive when he left, but can he be sure? What's certain is that his fingerprints are all over the crime scene.

The trouble is only beginning. When the dead body of a black teenager is found in a burned-out field with a portion of a blackened rope around his neck, P.T. realizes he might have killed the number-one suspect of this horrific crime.

Amid rising racial tension and media scrutiny, P.T. uncovers something sinister at the heart of the boy's murder--a conspiracy leading all the way back to the time of the Civil War. Risking everything to unravel the puzzle even as he fights his own personal demons, P.T. races headlong toward an incendiary and life-altering showdown.

More books from Penguin Publishing Group

Cover of the book A Conspiracy of Faith by John McMahon
Cover of the book The Other Eden by John McMahon
Cover of the book Threats at Three by John McMahon
Cover of the book Silks by John McMahon
Cover of the book The Hearing by John McMahon
Cover of the book A Soldier's Duty by John McMahon
Cover of the book North of Dawn by John McMahon
Cover of the book The Travelling Cat Chronicles by John McMahon
Cover of the book Report from Ground Zero by John McMahon
Cover of the book The Sorceress and the Cygnet by John McMahon
Cover of the book Uncle Dan's Report Card by John McMahon
Cover of the book The Fountainhead by John McMahon
Cover of the book From the Heart by John McMahon
Cover of the book Sea Witch by John McMahon
Cover of the book Secret Sisters by John McMahon
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy