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In an Evil Time

Bill Pronzini
4.7
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Pages
268
Year
2014
Language
English
Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller

About

A desperate father's world explodes when his plan to eliminate his abusive son-in-law goes shockingly awry in this riveting thriller from a true American master of suspense fiction  Many people would love to see powerful San Francisco attorney David Rakubian dead, but none more than his father-in-law, Jack Hollis. Rakubian has threatened to kill Hollis's daughter and her toddler son from an earlier marriage if she tries to leave him. Enough, Hollis feels, is enough. This monster must die. But when the shark lawyer fails to show up for his own carefully planned assassination, Hollis seeks him out-only to find that someone has beaten him to the lethal punch. Now Hollis is being blackmailed for a murder he did not commit. And if he can't uncover the true killer, he stands to lose everything in the world that he loves. Multiple award-winner Bill Pronzini delivers a riveting tale of desperate acts and personal justice, and the shocking lengths to which a parent will go to protect his family.

Related Subjects

  • Noir
  • Adult Fiction
  • Suspense
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  • Crime
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Reviews

"[A] sturdy, rewarding thriller . . . Pronzini deftly explores the dynamics of a family in crisis, protecting its own while fending off threats from within and without. . . . [He] pulls out all the stops as he builds up to a very tricky ending."
Publishers Weekly
"Pronzini, a prolific author and literary craftsman, has fashioned a nail-biter out of the issue of domestic abuse and the law's inability to deal with it effectively. The tension is almost unbearable at times, and the conclusion is a very logical surprise."
Booklist
"Pronzini is an author no one should miss."
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