What you break
By: Reed Farrel Coleman
Edition: First large print edition.
Series: Gus Murphy novel -- 2
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 527
ISBN-13: 9781524708733
Subjects: Private Investigators; Murder; Noir; Russians; Mystery & Detective; Ex-police officers; Hard-Boiled; Fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Investigation; Large type books; FICTION
Description: Investigating the brutal murder of a wealthy businessman's granddaughter, Gus Murphy navigates a minefield of hostile police, street gangs and a Russian mercenary with ties to heinous crimes committed decades earlier in Vietnam and Russia.

Gus's ex-priest pal, Bill Kilkenny, introduces him to a wealthy businessman anxious to have someone look more deeply into the brutal murder of his granddaughter. Though the police already have the girl's murderer in custody, they have been unable to provide a reason for the killing. The businessman, Spears, offers big incentives if Gus can supply him with what the cops cannot-- a motive. That same day Gus witnesses the execution of a man who has just met with his friend Slava. As Gus looks into the girl's murder and tries to protect Slava from the executioner's bullet, he must navigate a minefield populated by hostile cops, street gangs, and a Russian mercenary who will stop at nothing to do his master's bidding. But in trying to solve the girl's murder and save his friend, Gus may be opening a door into a past that was best left forgotten.
Notes: Sequel to: Where it hurts.