Triple Homicide
A Novel
Charles J. Hynes
- The
- debut
- novel
- from
- longtime
- Brooklyn
- district
- attorney
- Charles
- "Joe"
- Hynes,
- Triple
- Homicide
- is
- the
- gritty
- saga
- of
- two
- generations
- of
- New
- York
- City
- police
- officers
- fighting
- to
- stay
- on
- the
- right
- side
- of
- the
- law.In
- the
- early
- 1990s
- in
- New
- York,
- easy
- money
- stands
- to
- be
- made
- at
- every
- turn,
- and
- temptation
- proves
- a
- bitter
- struggle
- for
- the
- young
- and
- much-decorated
- NYPD
- Sergeant
- Steven
- Holt---and
- for
- Steven
- and
- his
- uncle
- Robert,
- an
- officer
- before
- him,
- an
- increasingly
- violent
- mess
- endangers
- their
- careers
- and
- the
- reputation
- of
- the
- entire
- department.Born
- out
- of
- real
- stories
- of
- corruption
- and
- centered
- around
- two
- men
- who
- ultimately
- dare
- to
- challenge
- the
- fabled
- "blue
- wall"
- of
- silence,
- the
- novel
- works
- toward
- a
- majestic
- courtroom
- on
- Long
- Island,
- where
- Sergeant
- Holt
- is
- about
- to
- stand
- trial
- for
- triple
- homicide
- and
- where,
- as
- he
- comes
- to
- know
- his
- past,
- he'll
- learn
- that
- nothing
- he's
- known
- has
- ever
- been
- as
- it
- seemed.In
- its
- intense
- telling
- by
- one
- of
- the
- only
- writers
- who
- could
- write
- it
- with
- such
- realism,
- the
- story
- uncovers
- decades
- of
- deceit
- and
- corruption
- that
- infiltrate
- families
- and
- threaten
- to
- ruin
- the
- force.
- Reflecting
- the
- proud
- yet
- troubled
- history
- of
- the
- NYPD,
- Charles
- Hynes's
- debut
- is
- a
- searing,
- up-close
- portrait
- of
- the
- men
- and
- women
- who
- live---and
- die---in
- the
- pursuit
- of
- criminal justice.
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