Where It Hurts
Reeks: A Gus Murphy Novel
Reed Farrel Coleman
- **Nominated
- for
- the
- 2017
- Edgar
- Award
- for
- Best
- NovelFrom
- the
- critically
- acclaimed
- and
- award-winning
- author
- comes
- a
- gritty,
- atmospheric
- new
- series
- about
- the
- other
- side
- of
- Long
- Island,
- far
- from
- the
- wealth
- of
- the
- Hamptons,
- where
- real
- people
- live—and
- die.**Gus
- Murphy
- thought
- he
- had
- the
- world
- all
- figured
- out.
- A
- retired
- Suffolk
- County
- cop,
- Gus
- had
- everything
- a
- man
- could
- want:
- a
- great
- marriage,
- two
- kids,
- a
- nice
- house,
- and
- the
- rest
- of
- his
- life
- ahead
- of
- him.
- But
- when
- tragedy
- strikes,
- his
- life
- is
- thrown
- into
- complete
- disarray.
- In
- the
- course
- of
- a
- single
- deadly
- moment,
- his
- family
- is
- blown
- apart
- and
- he
- is
- transformed
- from
- a
- man
- who
- believes
- he
- understands
- everything
- into
- a
- man
- who
- understands
- nothing.Divorced
- and
- working
- as
- a
- courtesy
- van
- driver
- for
- the
- run-down
- hotel
- in
- which
- he
- has
- a
- room,
- Gus
- has
- settled
- into
- a
- mindless,
- soulless
- routine
- that
- barely
- keeps
- his
- grief
- at
- arm’s
- length.
- But
- Gus’s
- comfortable
- waking
- trance
- comes
- to
- an
- end
- when
- ex-con
- Tommy
- Delcamino
- asks
- him
- for
- help.
- Four
- months
- earlier,
- Tommy’s
- son
- T.J.’s
- battered
- body
- was
- discovered
- in
- a
- wooded
- lot,
- yet
- the
- Suffolk
- County
- PD
- doesn’t
- seem
- interested
- in
- pursuing
- the
- killers.
- In
- desperation,
- Tommy
- seeks
- out
- the
- only
- cop
- he
- ever
- trusted—Gus
- Murphy.Gus
- reluctantly
- agrees
- to
- see
- what
- he
- can
- uncover.
- As
- he
- begins
- to
- sweep
- away
- the
- layers
- of
- dust
- that
- have
- collected
- over
- the
- case
- during
- the
- intervening
- months,
- Gus
- finds
- that
- Tommy
- was
- telling
- the
- truth.
- It
- seems
- that
- everyone
- involved
- with
- the
- late
- T.J
- Delcamino—from
- his
- best
- friend,
- to
- a
- gang
- enforcer,
- to
- a
- mafia
- capo,
- and
- even
- the
- police—has
- something
- to
- hide,
- and
- all
- are
- willing
- to
- go
- to
- extreme
- lengths
- to
- keep
- it
- hidden.
- It’s
- a
- dangerous
- favor
- Gus
- has
- taken
- on
- as
- he
- claws
- his
- way
- back
- to
- take
- a
- place
- among
- the
- living,
- while
- searching
- through
- the
- sewers
- for
- a killer.
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