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Cop Job

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The sixth installment in the Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery series brings back Knopf's ensemble of famously eccentric and involving characters, not the least being Sam's dog Eddie Van Halen. A hardboiled crime novel, it also examines the fraught intersection of wealth, culture, politics and the ravages of an ugly war. Combine a beautiful watery setting with a unique look into the underbelly of the Hamptons, it's an action and suspense story you won't find anywhere else.

It's bad enough when someone you know is brutally murdered, it's worse when the guy was a paranoid schizophrenic helplessly bound to a wheelchair. Sam Acquillo and Jackie Swaitkowski tried to look after Alfie Aldergreen, as had others around the Village of Southampton, but now they were forced to wonder, what else could they have done? One thing is for certain, Alfie's killers are about to know what it means to murder a friend of Sam, former corporate troubleshooter, former professional boxer, and all-around ornery bull dog, and Jackie, a defense lawyer often described as an avenging angel.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 6, 2015
      In Knopf’s enjoyable sixth Hamptons mystery (after 2011’s Black Swan), Sam Acquillo, a former corporate troubleshooter turned carpenter, joins forces with attorney Jackie Swaitkowski, the star of her own series (Ice Cap, etc.), when a murder case threatens to get ugly. The Southampton police haul lifeless Alfie Aldergreen, a disabled and disturbed vet, out of a pond, still strapped to his motorized wheelchair. Alfie is the third local confidential informant to fall victim to foul play. Sam’s probing isn’t subtle, and he gets blowback from such shady characters as Mustafa Karadeniz, whose warehouses hold more than just legal items, and town detective Lionel Veckstrom (whom Sam and Jackie refer to as Prick Cop). When an attack on Sam’s grown daughter, Allison, makes the investigation personal, he calls on friends such as philanthropist Burton Lewis, computer guru Randall Dodge, and girlfriend Amanda Anselma. Sam and Jackie once again make a formidable team as he searches for answers and payback.

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