Homicide 69

by Reaves, Sam

• ISBN13: 9780786718122
• ISBN10: 0786718129
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-12
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

It's the summer of 1969, and veteran Chicago homicide detective Mike Dooley is investigating the brutal torture-murder of a young woman. The victim is a former Playboy bunny and mobster's girlfriend. Dooley suspects this is more than a sex killing, which leads him into the deep waters of mob intrigue and political corruption. The Night Watch is a gripping novel about a man, his family and his times. As Dooley, whose own youth was sacrificed in the Pacific in World War II, scans the news for hopeful portents regarding his son Kevin, a Marine in the thick of the fighting in Vietnam, he sees the world changing before his eyes. The moon landing, Woodstock, the Manson murders, and riots in the streets provide a backdrop for the personal and professional crises precipitated by Dooley's stubborn refusal to give up on a crime nobody but him wants solved.

Author Biography

Sam Reaves is the author of the Cooper MacLeish Mystery series, which includes such titles as Fear WIll Do It and Bury It Deep. Under the name of Dominic Martell, he also wrote the noir thriller Lying Crying Dying. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.