Five Minutes of Blackness
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Five Minutes of Blackness by Doug Smith
A gritty case of resentment, revenge, and recovery.A businessman was found savagely murdered in his Jaguar. Robbery is not a motive, and forensics seems to indicate that the victim was given a goodbye kiss. When Detective Jesse Collins appears on the scene, his hangover is horrendous. Once a great cop, he is now on a downward spiral. His boss has put him on notice, his partner is done covering for him, and his wife has moved out. This time it's for good, she said.Jesse tries to find a link that connects the killer to the victim, but a barroom fight slows him down. When a similar murder takes place in a different state, clues point to a stiletto-wearing curly-haired blonde named Kiki. News of the case sweeps the nation. A third victim is found three thousand miles away, and an email message leads Jesse to believe that he might be the next target.As Jesse crosses the country in search of leads, nagging questions keep him awake at night. He wonders if he will ever get his wife back. He wonders if he will catch Kiki before she kills again. Most of all, he wonders if he will ever get sober.
DOUG SMITH is a sports reporter for the Toronto Star and has covered the Raptors since their inception in 1995. He is recognized throughout the NBA as the expert on all things Raptors, and spent five years serving as the first and only non-American president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association, a group of more than 200 men and women who regularly cover the league and its teams. His international basketball experience includes major assignments at the 1992 FIBA Tournament Of The Americas (which was the debut of the United States Dream Team), the 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics, as well as men's world championships in Toronto, Indianapolis, Athens, and Izmir and Istanbul, Turkey.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781939636942 |
| ISBN 10 | 1939636949 |
| Title | Five Minutes of Blackness |
| Author | Doug Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Mottled Speck |
| Year published | 2019-03-23 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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