- American literature, Murder, Investigation, Fiction
"December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever. Because the trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves; and though the U.S. doesn't know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor." -- As the Japanese fleet heads undetected towards Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Honolulu police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to a homicide case that will take him across the pacific and change his life forever.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and unpretentious.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- James Kestrel
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Titan Books Limited, Suhrkamp, Hard Case Crime
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9783518474198
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