The long count
Subtitle: a John Q. mystery
By: J M Gulvin
Series: A John Q Mystery -- 1
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780571337743
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Missing persons; Suicide; Veterans; Asylums; Fiction
Description: In The Long Count, the first book of JM Gulvin's masterful new crime series, we meet Ranger John Quarrie as he is called to the scene of an apparent suicide by a fellow war veteran. Although the local police want the case shut down, John Q is convinced that events aren't quite so straightforward. When his hunch is backed up by the man's son, Isaac - just back from Vietnam, and convinced his father was murdered - they start to look into a series of other violent incidents in the area, including a recent fire at the local Trinity Asylum and the disappearance of Isaac's twin brother, Ishmael. In a desperate race against time, John Q has to try and unravel the dark secrets at the heart of this family and get to the truth before the count is up...Dripping with atmosphere and a sense of time and place, The Long Count is a page-turner and a psychological puzzle - for fans of Shutter Island and True Detective.