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ISBN-100060562382

ISBN-139780060562380

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Book TitleFallen : a Novel

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural

GenreFiction

AuthorT. Jefferson Parker

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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LCCN2005-047934

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Lively well-paced writing....A cut above the average mystery fare." -- Pittsburgh Tribune "(Parker) writes with intelligence, style and sensitivity, and he belongs...in the first rank of American crime novelists." -- Washington Post "T. Jefferson Parker could well be the best crime writer working out of Southern California." -- Chicago Tribune "Parker's best to date....Very highly recommended." -- Bookreporter.com "An entirely engrossing and unforgettable tale." -- Rocky Mountain News "A wonderful story with compassionate characters, plenty of action, thoughtful deduction and a shocking rationale for murder." -- Sunday Denver Post "Delivers on all levels, as a mystery and a study of the depths of cruelty to which people can sink." -- Orlando Sentinel "A good story well told by a gifted writer at the top of his game." -- San Diego Union-Tribune "Smart and thrilling...Parker has imagination to burn...Crisp and elegant sentences keep the pages turning." -- Toronto Star "Deftly plotted, gracefully written ." -- Kirkus Reviews, A wonderful story with compassionate characters, plenty of action, thoughtful deduction and a shocking rationale for murder., (Parker) writes with intelligence, style and sensitivity, and he belongs.in the first rank of American crime novelists., Smart and thrilling...Parker has imagination to burn...Crisp and elegant sentences keep the pages turning.

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Dewey Decimal813/.54

Edition DescriptionUnabridged edition

SynopsisMy life was ordinary until three years ago when I was thrown out of a downtown hotel window. My name is Robbie Brownlaw, and I am a homicide detective for the city of San Diego. I am twenty-nine years old. I now have synesthesia, a neurological condition where your senses get mixed up. Sometimes when people talk to me, I see their voices as colored shapes provoked by the emotions of the speakers, not by the words themselves. I have what amounts to a primitive lie detector. After three years, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to the colors and shapes of other people's feelings, unless they don't match up with their words. When Garrett Asplundh's body is found under a San Diego bridge, Robbie Brownlaw and his partner, McKenzie Cortez, are called on to the case. After the tragic death of his child and the dissolution of his marriage, Garrett -- regarded as an honest, straight-arrow officer -- left the SDPD to become an ethics investigator, looking into the activities of his former colleagues. At first his death, which takes place on the eve of a reconciliation with his ex, looks like suicide, but the clues Brownlaw and Cortez find just don't add up. With pressure mounting from the police and the city's politicians, Brownlaw fights to find the truth, all the while trying to hold on to his own crumbling marriage. Was Garrett's death an "execution" or a crime of passion, a personal vendetta or the final step in an elaborate cover-up? Amid rampant corruption and tightening city purse strings, whatever conclusion Brownlaw comes to, the city of San Diego -- and Brownlaw's life -- hangs in the balance. A carefully woven novel of suspense, The Fallen brings to life a superb cast of characters against the all-too-real backdrop of a city fighting for its survival. Hailed by critics as "a powerhouse writer" (New York Times) and "a thinking man's bestseller" (Washington Post), T. Jefferson Parker delivers his most elegantly written, suspenseful, and moving novel yet., My life was ordinary until three years ago when I was thrown out of a downtown hotel window. My name is Robbie Brownlaw, and I am a homicide detective for the city of San Diego. I am twenty-nine years old. I now have synesthesia, a neurological condition where your senses get mixed up. Sometimes when people talk to me, I see their voices as colored shapes provoked by the emotions of the speakers, not by the words themselves. I have what amounts to a primitive lie detector. After three years, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to the colors and shapes of other people's feelings, unless they don't match up with their words. When Garrett Asplundh's body is found under a San Diego bridge, Robbie Brownlaw and his partner, McKenzie Cortez, are called on to the case. After the tragic death of his child and the dissolution of his marriage, Garrett -- regarded as an honest, straight-arrow officer -- left the SDPD to become an ethics investigator, looking into the activities of his former colleagues. At first his death, which takes place on the eve of a reconciliation with his ex, looks like suicide, but the clues Brownlaw and Cortez find just don't add up. With pressure mounting from the police and the city's politicians, Brownlaw fights to find the truth, all the while trying to hold on to his own crumbling marriage. Was Garrett's death an "execution" or a crime of passion, a personal vendetta or the final step in an elaborate cover-up? Amid rampant corruption and tightening city purse strings, whatever conclusion Brownlaw comes to, the city of San Diego -- and Brownlaw's life -- hangs in the balance. A carefully woven novel of suspense, The Fallen brings to life a superb cast of characters against the all-too-real backdrop of a city fighting for its survival. Hailed by critics as "a powerhouse writer" ( New York Times ) and "a thinking man's bestseller" ( Washington Post ), T. Jefferson Parker delivers his most elegantly written, suspenseful, and moving novel yet., "My life was ordinary until three years ago when I was thrown out of a downtown hotel window. My name is Robbie Brownlaw, and I am a homicide detective for the city of San Diego. I am twenty-nine years old. I now have synesthesia, a neurological condition where your senses get mixed up. Sometimes when people talk to me, I see their voices as colored shapes provoked by the emotions of the speakers, not by the words themselves. I have what amounts to a primitive lie detector. After three years, I don't pay a whole lot of attention to the colors and shapes of other people's feelings, unless they don't match up with their words." When Garrett Asplundh's body is found under a San Diego bridge, Robbie Brownlaw and his partner, McKenzie Cortez, are called on to the case. After the tragic death of his child and the dissolution of his marriage, Garrett -- regarded as an honest, straight-arrow officer -- left the SDPD to become an ethics investigator, looking into the activities of his former colleagues. At first his death, which takes place on the eve of a reconciliation with his ex, looks like suicide, but the clues Brownlaw and Cortez find just don't add up. With pressure mounting from the police and the city's politicians, Brownlaw fights to find the truth, all the while trying to hold on to his own crumbling marriage. Was Garrett's death an "execution" or a crime of passion, a personal vendetta or the final step in an elaborate cover-up? Amid rampant corruption and tightening city purse strings, whatever conclusion Brownlaw comes to, the city of San Diego -- and Brownlaw's life -- hangs in the balance. A carefully woven novel of suspense, "The Fallen" brings to life a superbcast of characters against the all-too-real backdrop of a city fighting for its survival. Hailed by critics as "a powerhouse writer" ("New York Times") and "a thinking man's bestseller" ("Washington Post"), T. Jefferson Parker delivers his most elegantly written, suspenseful, and moving novel yet., The award-winning author of "California Girl" plumbs the depths of the human heart in this electrifying new novel of suspense. "Some of the finest writing you will ever read."--"Chicago Sun Times."

LC Classification NumberPS3566.A6863F35 2006

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