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" Third Rail gets off to a ripping start and never lets off the gas. Rory Flynn is a suspense writer to watch."-Jess Walter, author of the best-selling Beautiful Ruins Harvard-educated Eddy Harkness was a rising star in an elite Boston Police Department narcotics unit-until he was blamed for the death of a Red Sox fan in the chaotic aftermath of a World Series win. Scapegoated and exiled, Harkness now empties parking meters in the sleepy town of Nagog while struggling to clear his name. Then one night his police-issued Glock disappears. Unable to report the theft, he starts a secret search-just as a string of fatal accidents leads him to uncover a dangerous new smart drug, Third Rail. With only a plastic gun to protect him, Harkness begins a high-stakes investigation that leads him into the top levels of Boston´s power base, where politicians and criminals intertwine to deadly effect. "Glows with the kind of sawdust-dry humor regarding Beantown, cops, and the darkest of urban underbellies that you might find at 3 a.m. in the back booth of a backstreet bar . . . With its gaggle of crazy-yet-riveting characters, its spare approach, and its unflagging action, Third Rail , the first in a promised series of Eddy Harkness novels, adds yet another striking feather to [Flynn´s] impressively crowded cap." - Boston Globe "Terrific debut . . . impressive economy and stylish, sophisticated prose . . . Readers will want to see more of Flynn´s gritty Boston-and Eddy Harkness." -Publishers Weekly, starred review

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Praise for Third Rail : "Rory Flynn is a suspense writer to watch." -Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins

"Third Rail is an adrenaline-soaked tale of political corruption and personal redemption that never lets up. Eddy Harkness, the self-destructive Massachusetts narcotics detective at the novel´s center, is a worthy successor to Robert B. Parker´s Jesse Stone." -Sean Chercover, author of The Trinity Game

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