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Out of the Blues
Out of the Blues | Trudy Nan Boyce
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A fresh, gritty debut. Boyce unveils one of the best new series characters in ages. . . A book that combines fast-paced suspense with moving insights.#1New York Times-bestselling author Lisa GardnerFrom an author with more than thirty years experience in the Atlanta Police Department comes a riveting procedural debut introducing an unforgettable heroine. On her first day as a newly minted homicide detective, Sarah Salt Alt is given the cold-case murder of a blues musician whose death was originally ruled an accidental drug overdose. Now new evidence has come to light that he may have been given a hot dose intentionally. And this evidence comes from a convicted felon hoping to trade his knowledge for shortened prison time . . . a man who Salt herself put behind bars.In a search that will take her into the depths of Atlantas buried woundsamong the citys homeless, its politically powerful churches, commerce and industry, and the police department itselfSalt probes her way toward the truth in a case that has more at stake than she ever could have imagined. At once a vivid procedural and a penetrating examination of what it means to be cop, Out of the Blues is a remarkable crime debut.From the Hardcover edition.
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Well-ReadNeck
Out of the Blues | Trudy Nan Boyce
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My last Decatur Book Festival session with Trudy Nan Boyce and Thomas Mullen. I was there to get Mullen's latest signed for my dad (shhhhh, it's a surprise) and have now added Boyce's books and all of Mullen's backlist to my TBR!!!! #DBF2017

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PutnamKatie
Out of the Blues | Trudy Nan Boyce
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“Trudy Nan Boyce may be a first-time author, but she was in law enforcement for more than 30 years, which may explain why the station-house personnel and forensic details in Out of the Blues feel so authentic.” - NYTBR