Third Rail: An Eddy Harkness Novel (Eddy Harkness Novels) - Hardcover

A brilliant, disgraced Boston narcotics detective reveals a network of corruption and cover-up that reaches the highest levels of the city in this propulsive debut

Rory Flynn is a suspense writer to watch. Jess Walter, author of Beautiful Ruins

Third Rail is an adrenaline-soaked tale of political corruption and personal redemption that never lets up. Eddy Harkness, the self-destructive Massachusetts narcotics detective at the novel s center, is a worthy successor to Robert B. Parker s Jesse Stone. Sean Chercover, author of The Trinity Game

At crime scenes, Eddy Harkness, the Harvard Cop, is a human Ouija board, a brilliant young detective with a knack for finding the hidden something cash, drugs, guns, bodies. Harkness s swift rise in an elite narcotics unit is derailed by the death of a young Red Sox fan in the chaos after a World Series win, a death some witnesses believe he could have prevented. Scapegoated, Harkness is exiled to his hometown, Nagog, just west of Boston, where he empties parking meters and struggles to redeem his disgraced family name.

But one night Harkness s police-issued Glock disappears. Harkness starts a search just as a string of fatal accidents in Nagog leads him to uncover a new, deeply dangerous smart drug, Third Rail. With only a plastic gun to protect himself, Harkness begins a high-stakes investigation that leads him into the darkest corners of the city.

One of the most electrifying thrillers you ll read this year, Third Rail takes you deep into a gritty world of wronged heroes, corrupt politicians, and sinister kingpins, where your friends can t be trusted, a sleepy town breeds deadly crimes, and nothing ever happens by accident.