The Enemy of God by Robert Daley
Gabe Driscoll, chief of Internal Affairs for the New York City police department, stands in the city morgue, watching an autopsy. His interest is more than professional. The body is that of activist priest Frank Redmond, who along with Driscoll belonged to a championship swim relay team at a Jesuit high school in the 1950s. More than three decades later, Redmond has gone off a Harlem rooftop a few blocks from his church, and the surviving members of the team - Driscoll and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Andrew Troy - find themselves reunited in a bizarre new race to figure out how and why Redmond died. Was it suicide, as police and diocesan investigations have summarily concluded? Or was he pushed - murdered - and if so, by whom? The search for answers takes them to Vietnam and Africa and back to Harlem, and inside their own ambitions, passions and secrets, both past and present.
"A crisp and intricate thrillerDaley, once Deputy Commissioner of the NYPD, again proves that as far as cop novels go, he's still the top brass around." Publisher's Weekly "Mr Daley is a writer of fine craft and understanding. His story is instructive, moving and entirely satisfying." The New Yorker 'It is always encouraging to welcome a thriller as strong as this' Good Book Guide 'There's no denying the intelligence and ferocity of the writing' Daily Express 'Robert Daley writes a mean cop novel ... an epic tale.' The Glasgow Herald
Robert Daley is the author of sixteen novels including Year of the Dragon, and eleven non-fiction books including Prince of the City. He started as a New York Times foreign correspondent based for six years in Paris. In mid-career, at the request of the then commissioner, he served one year as a NYPD deputy commissioner. Born and educated in New York City, Daley lives in Connecticut, USA and Nice, France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847240354 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847240356 |
| Title | The Enemy of God |
| Author | Robert Daley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2007-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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