Hidden River: A Novel Paperback – January 1, 2011 by Adrian McKinty

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Author: McKinty Adrian

Brand: Scribner

Package Dimensions: 18x229x499

Number Of Pages: 288

Release Date: 01-01-2011

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An electrifying noir thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chain, in which a young Irish ex-cop travels half a world away to investigate the murder of a beautiful girl he once loved, and whose peculiar sexual banter he will later have urgent reason to recall—
if he is to survive.

Hard on the heels of
Dead I Well May Be—which
Booklist named “one of the top ten crime fiction debuts of the year,” and which established Adrian McKinty as the perfect new find for fans of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly—McKinty’s tightly paced
Hidden River displays his unerring gift for crafting powerhouse literary thrillers.

Alexander Lawson is a former detective for Northern Ireland’s police force and a rising star at cracking difficult cases. After he is assigned to the force’s dangerous, corruption-ridden drug squad, he becomes addicted to heroin—under unusual circumstances. Forced to resign in disgrace, Alex is twenty-four and still entrapped by the needle when he learns that his high school love, beautiful Victoria Patawasti, has been murdered in drought-scorched Denver, Colorado.

Victoria’s family begs Alex to investigate the case, and he seizes the opportunity to fly to America for a chance at redemption.

Soon the bodies begin to pile up, and Alex is forced to go on the run after the only credible lead to Victoria’s murderer is accidentally killed. Wanted by both the Colorado cops and the British police, who believe he has information about a corruption scandal, and with the murderer closing in all the time, Alex will have to fight just to stay alive, never mind solving the terrifying case.

Critics have called Adrian McKinty’s work “explosive,” “violent yet virtuous,” and “always enthralling.”
Hidden River is a riveting novel of characters, including a sadistic English cop who puts out cigarettes on other people’s eyebrows, a billionaire’s son with political aspirations, and a sexy Ethiopian girl living illegally in a squat. All manner of sinners converge on Denver’s notoriously seedy Colfax Avenue against the breathtaking backdrop of the Rocky Mountains.

Gritty, with spot-on dialogue and black humor,
Hidden River is a dynamic thriller from a storyteller who writes “in prose that is a kind of poetry”
(The Washington Post), and confirms his reputation as a dazzling literary voice in crime fiction.
Review
Frank McCourt If you’re a writer, embarking on a new work, beware of reading anything by Adrian McKinty. His prose is so hard, so tough, so New York-honest, you’ll find yourself taking the knife to your work. He is a cross between Mickey Spillane and Damon Runyon — the toughest, the best. Beware of McKinty.
About the Author
Adrian McKinty is an Irish writer of crime and mystery novels and young adult fiction, best known for his 2020 award-winning thriller,
The Chain, and the Sean Duffy novels set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. He is also the author of the Michael Forsythe trilogy and the Lighthouse trilogy. He is a winner of multiple awards including the Edgar Award, the Macavity Award, and the International Thriller Writers Award.
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Chapter 1: Creator, Sustainer, Destroyer

Seven time zones west of Belfast the murdered girl was alive yet and well. She was confident, popular, young and clever — this last virtue was going to be the death of her.

That and a slug from a .22.

She lay snug in the groove of the futon mattress. Over her: a cotton sheet and a fleece blanket. The fan on for noise. The humidifier for moisture. The heat in the middle of the thermostat. She was comfortable, as comfortable as one could be in this bed, in this room, in this building, in this town.

I know all this because I read the police report.

Perhaps the humidifier cast off a little light that illuminated her face. An interesting face. Imperious, marked, beautiful. Of good background, of good stock. Actually