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001 on1371485183
003 OCoLC
005 20230801113516.0
008 230301s2023 nyu e 000 1 eng
010 _a 2023009397
020 _a9781250848079
_q(hardcover)
020 _a1250848075
_q(hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)on1371485183
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
_dOCLCF
_dJCX
_dRNL
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aPS3602.O7475
_bB58 2023
082 0 0 _a813.6
_223/eng/20230301
100 1 _aBorgos, Bruce,
_eauthor.
_9138294
245 1 4 _aThe bitter past /
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bMinotaur Books,
_c[2023]
300 _a308 pages ;
_c25 cm.
490 0 _aPorter Beck ;
_v1
520 _a"In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck... Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where he worked in Intelligence, deep in the shadows in far off places. Now he's back home, doing the same lawman's job his father once did, before his father started to develop dementia. All is relatively quiet in this corner of the world, until an old, retired FBI agent is found killed. He was brutally tortured before he was killed and clues at the scene point to a mystery dating back to the early days of the nuclear age. If that wasn't strange enough, a current FBI agent shows up to help Beck's investigation. In a case that unfolds in the past (the 1950s) and the present, it seems that a Russian spy infiltrated the nuclear testing site and now someone is looking for that long-ago, all-but forgotten person, who holds the key to what happened then and to the deadly goings on now. Praise for The Bitter Past "A thrilling and assured debut, Bruce Borgos' The Bitter Past is at once a high stakes tale of high treason in the high desert and an unflinching examination of the lasting scars that even the coldest of wars can leave behind."-Chris Holm, Anthony Award winning author of The Killing Kind and Child Zero "A crisp jolt of cask-strength, 100-proof writing." -Craig Johnson "Vividly set in Nevada's high desert, The Bitter Past is an emotional story about the steep cost of doing the right thing. Bruce Borgos tells a gripping tale with vivid characters at a breakneck pace - I can't wait to see what Porter Beck does next!" -Nick Petrie, author of The Runaway "Bruce Borgos' new mystery checks all the boxes: A stunning opening chapter, fascinating characters, plenty of action, intriguing story lines, wonderful humor to offset the tension, and even a hint of romance. I was sorry to see it end." -Anne Hillerman, author of the Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito mysteries"--
650 0 _aMurder
_xInvestigation
_vFiction.
650 0 _aMissing persons
_xInvestigation
_vFiction.
650 0 _aSheriffs
_vFiction.
650 0 _aVeterans
_vFiction.
650 0 _aIntelligence officers
_vFiction.
655 7 _aDetective and mystery fiction.
_2fast
655 7 _aNovels.
_2fast
655 7 _aDetective and mystery fiction.
_2lcgft
655 7 _aThrillers (Fiction)
_2lcgft
655 7 _aNovels.
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