Close Case
Samantha Kincaid Mysteries
by Alafair Burke
Author Alafair Burke returns in her
third outing, Close Case, featuring Portland, Oregon's up-and-coming
Major Crimes Unit prosecutor Samantha Kincaid. This time, Samantha
becomes involved in the murder of a well-known reporter, Percy Crenshaw.
The sticky part is that Percy is black and was apparently murdered
by two white young men. This is coming not long after an officer of
the Portland Police Department has been involved in the shooting of
a black woman, Dolores Tompkins, an unarmed mother of two who'd had
the misfortune of being stopped by a young officer named Geoff Hamilton.
Of course, Hamilton was white.
Naturally, the DA's office wanted
to put this behind them as quickly as possible. The DA put Samantha
Kincaid on it, knowing she was tenacious, accurate, and would settle
for nothing less than ironclad case. However, it wasn't going to
be that simple.
First, there were no witnesses
to the crime. Percy Crenshaw had been bludgeoned to death next to
his car with a blunt instrument. The only witness to anything was
the apartment building's super, Peter Anderson. It was he who identified
the young men he had seen in the parking lot earlier. There was
very little physical evidence, mostly just a photo from a security
camera showing the two young men with a baseball bat. They still
had to find the murder weapon.
Close Case is not just the
story of a crime investigation. It also details how that investigation
can play havoc with the lives of those doing the investigating.
Relationships become strained almost to the breaking point as Samantha
struggles to find out who killed Percy Crenshaw. Then, she inherits
the responsibility of finding out if Geoff Hamilton shot Dolores
in an effort to defend himself as he claimed. Or did he commit a
murder? Pick up a copy of Close Case and enjoy a delightful
murder mystery. |
The Book |
Henry Holt |
July 6, 2005 |
Hardcover |
0-8050-7784-7 |
Mystery |
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NOTE: Contains violence, bad language and sexual situations |
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