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Title details for Soft Money by Ken Wishnia - Available

Soft Money

#2 in series

by Ken Wishnia
Gary Phillips
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Officer Filomena Buscarela has traded in her uniform for the many joys and trials of being a single parent, but her passion for justice burns as hot as ever in this second installment of the critically acclaimed mystery series set in 1980s New York City. When the owner of Filomena's neighborhood bodega is murdered and falls into the overcrowded category of just another “ethnic” crime that will probably go unsolved and unavenged, she doesn't need much prodding from the dead man's grieving sister to step in. Secretly partnered with a rookie cop, she hits the Washington Heights streets to smoke out the trigger-happy punks who callously ended an innocent life. In a town big enough to hold every kind of criminal, crackpot, liar, and thief, from ruthless gangsters to corporate executives drunk on greed and power, Filomena tracks a killer through the city's danger zones. This is dark, humorous storytelling that also offers a recap of the social and economic horrors wrought by the Reagan era.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Filomena Buscarsela Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 1, 2013

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781604868524

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781604868524
      • File size: 2722 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from August 1, 2013

      Ex-detective Filomena Buscarsela quit the NYPD when she became a single mother, but she's still investigating with a passion--for free. In this outing, first published in 1999, she's helping friends figure out who murdered a favorite local shopkeeper. Meanwhile, at her day job, a clerical position at an environmental-issues nonprofit, Filomena has uncovered an embezzlement scheme that merits the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) attention. Before long, Fil and her ragtag team (a couple of independent-minded cops, a neighborhood shaman, and an EPA insider, among others) close in on both cases but not before some exciting moments. At some point, Fil is going to acknowledge she's still a cop. VERDICT We liked it in 1999, and we still like it. Social issues may have changed slightly, but Wishnia's tone is timely, his voices authentic, and his pacing superb. This is the second title in a series (after 23 Shades of Black) that PM Press is in the process of re-releasing, and it includes a new introduction by author Gary Phillips.

      Copyright 2013 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • OverDrive Read
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  • English

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