Act of deceit
Subtitle: a Harlan Donnally novel
By: Steven Gore
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780062025067
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Ex-police officers; Private investigators; Murder; Investigation; Fiction
Description: "Mt. Shasta is far from the San Francisco sidewalk on which [former San Francisco homicide detective] Harlan Donnally's life nearly ended in a crossfire-- But all too close to a decades-old secret that will force him into another. The former detective swore he'd never play anyone's postman. But a dying friend's plea takes Donnally bearing a letter alive with tragedy toward a sister long dead -- the victim of the bizarre criminality of a counterculture that had lost its way. Stunned to learn that her killer was never prosecuted, Donnally soon finds himself in battle against a broken justice system and on a trail of evil into a dangerous borderland in which the falsely pious and the wealthy abuse the young and the poor. And though each step takes him farther down a perilous path that wrenches him between his inner demons and his mission to redeem a brother's love, he won't stop until he knows the truth. For Donnally made a promise to a dead man, and he'll keep it -- or die trying."--
Table of contents: title: [Featuring former San Francisco homicide detective Harlan Donnally.] -"Mt. Shasta is far from the San Francisco sidewalk on which Harlan Donnally's life nearly ended in a crossfire; title: But all too close to a decades-old secret that will force him into another. The former detective swore he'd never play anyone's postman. But a dying friend's plea takes Donnally bearing a letter alive with tragedy toward a sister long dead; title: the victim of the bizarre criminality of a counterculture that had lost its way. Stunned to learn that her killer was never prosecuted, Donnally soon finds himself in battle against a broken justice system and on a trail of evil into a dangerous borderland in which the falsely pious and the wealthy abuse the young and the poor. And though each step takes him farther down a perilous path that wrenches him between his inner demons and his mission to redeem a brother's love, he won't stop until he knows the truth. For Donnally made a promise to a dead man, and he'll keep it; title: or die trying."; title: [p. 4] of cover.