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"Captivating, original and brilliant. Seamlessly natural - ICE SHEAR shines with the remarkable confidence and authority of true talent." (Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of The Wrong Girl and an Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author) "As chilling as its title, a small-town police story that grows and grows into the bigger themes of power, corruption, and coverup." (Andrew Gross, author of Everything to Lose )"Excellent debut . . . a strong, fast-paced narrative and an intriguing heroine propel the believable twists in a plot involving politics, a burgeoning meth industry, and biker gangs." (Publishers Weekly (starred review))"This promising debut delivers a fast-paced, engaging rural thriller." (Booklist)xa0"June Lyons has just enough grit and verve to roughen her vulnerable edges, keep her fellow cops on their toes, and please fans of suspense with strong, perceptive female leads." (Library Journal) M.P. Cooley's debut crime novel ICE SHEAR (William Morrow) is one of O, The Oprah Magazine's Best Books of Summer 2014 and was called "an excellent debut" by Publishers Weekly in their starred review. A native of upstate New York, she currently lives in Campbell, California. xa0This is her first novel. From the Inside Flap AS a cop on the night shift in Hopewell Falls, New York, June Lyons drives drunks home and picks up the doughnuts. A former FBI agent, she left the Bureau when her husband died, and now she and her young daughter are back in upstate New York, living with her father, the town's retired chief of police. When June discovers a young woman's body impaled on an ice shear in the frozen Mohawk River, news of the murder spreads fast; the dead girl was the daughter of a powerful local congresswoman, and her troubled youth kept the gossips busy. Though June was born and raised in Hopewell Falls, the local police see her as an interloper--resentment that explodes in anger when the FBI arrive and deputize her to work on the murder investigation. But June may not find allies among the feds. The agent heading the case is someone from her past--someone she isn't sure she can trust. As June digs deeper, her already tumultuous murder case turns red-hot when it leads to a notorious biker gang and a meth lab hidden in plain sight--and an unmistakable sign that the river murder won't be the last. --Andrew Gross, author of Everything to Lose --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. From Booklist June Lyons thought high-profile cases were behind her when she left the FBI and returned to Hopewell Falls, New York. June’s father looks after her daughter while June, a widowed, single mother, works on the police force her father led for years. Then, responding to a call, she finds the body of a local congresswoman’s recently married daughter. June runs interference between the bigwigs at the FBI and the locals, wondering if the real reason the feds are involved isn’t the congresswoman’s clout but her son-in-law’s membership in a meth-moving motorcycle gang. This promising debut delivers a fast-paced, engaging rural thriller. --Karen Keefe --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition. As a cop on the night shift in Hopewell Falls, New York, June Lyons drives drunks home and picks up the donuts. A former FBI agent, she left the Bureau when her husband died, and now she and her young daughter are back in upstate New York, living with her father. When June discovers a young woman's body impaled on an ice shear in the frozen Mohawk River, news of the murder spreads fast; the dead girl was the daughter of a powerful Congresswoman, and her troubled youth kept the gossips busy. Though June was born and raised in Hopewell Falls, the local police see her as an interloper from the Feds—especially when the FBI arrive and deputize her to work on the murder investigation. But the agent heading the case is someone from her past—someone she isn't sure she can trust. As June digs deeper, her already tumultuous murder case turns red-hot when it leads to a biker gang and a meth lab hidden in plain sight—and an unmistakable sign that the river murder won't be the last. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Read more
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- A small town cop’s murder investigation turns deadly when she uncovers a web of politics and drugs linked to an outlaw motorcycle gang in this gripping debut suspense novel for fans of
- Winter’s Bone, Frozen River, Breaking Bad
- , and
- Sons of Anarchy.
- As a cop on the night shift in Hopewell Falls, New York, June Lyons drives drunks home and picks up the donuts. A former FBI agent, she ditched the Bureau when her husband died, and now she and her young daughter are back in upstate New York, living with her father, the town’s retired chief of police.
- When June discovers a young woman’s body impaled on an ice shear in the frozen Mohawk River, news of the murder spreads fast; the dead girl was the daughter of a powerful local Congresswoman, and her troubled youth kept the gossips busy.
- Though June was born and raised in Hopewell Falls, the local police see her as an interloper—resentment that explodes in anger when the FBI arrive and deputize her to work on the murder investigation. But June may not find allies among the Feds. The agent heading the case is someone from her past—someone she isn’t sure she can trust.
- As June digs deeper, an already fraught case turns red-hot when it leads to a notorious biker gang and a meth lab hidden in plain sight—and an unmistakable sign that the river murder won’t be the last.
