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Title: Murder, D.C.
Subtitle: A Sully Carter Novel
Author: Neely Tucker
Narrator: Scott Sowers
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
Language: English
Release date: 07-30-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Suspense
Publisher's Summary:
When Billy Ellison, the son of Washington, DCs most influential African-American family, is found dead in the Potomac near a violent drug haven, veteran metro reporter Sully Carter knows its time to start asking some serious questions - no matter what the consequences. With the police unable to find a lead and pressure mounting for Sully to abandon the investigation, he has a hunch that there is more to the case than a drug deal gone bad or a tale of family misfortune.
Digging deeper, Sully finds that the real story stretches far beyond Billy and into DCs most prominent social circles. An alcoholic still haunted from his years as a war correspondent in Bosnia, Sully now must strike a dangerous balance between DCs two extremes - the citys violent, desperate back streets and its highest corridors of power - while threatened by those who will stop at nothing to keep him from discovering the shocking truth.
The follow-up to last years acclaimed The Ways of the Dead, this gritty mystery showcases Tuckers talent for spot-on dialogue, authentic characters, and complex narrative.
Members Reviews:
A Wonderful Sequel to The Ways of the Dead
Publishers sometimes speak of a âsophomore jinxâ: a writer has produced an excellent debut novel, but can he repeat himself? Neely Tuckerâs The Ways of the Dead introduced us to Sully Carter. With Murder, D.C. Tucker evades the sophomore jinx effortlessly. The second novel in the series is every bit as successful as the first. It may even be better.
Murder, D.C. finds newspaper reporter Sully Carter fighting the twin demons of a lost love and the solace afforded by expensive bourbon. His sense of personal loss affords him a certain degree of courage and he fearlessly walks into dangerous situations that offer the possibilities of great stories. In Murder, D.C., he walks into Frenchmanâs Bend, a fictional site near Ft. McNair. Once the location of slave pens and slave auctions, the Bend is now the drug territory of the Hall brothers, near the gay bars of O Street.
A young, black Georgetown student named Billy Ellison has been found floating in the river, near the Bend. Billy has been shot in the head. His family is one of the richest black families in Washington, their wealth coming from the banking industry (we think). What was Billy doing in the Bend? Was he buying drugs? Was he selling drugs in the O Street clubs and bars? Was he dealing back on campus?
When Sully investigates he quickly learns that no one wants him to touch the case, neither the boyâs rich, lawyer godfather nor the Hall brothers and their stooges. Sully connects with Sly Hastings, another drug lord, in an attempt to learn whatâs really going on in the Bend, but that puts him at risk in new ways.
Others will die in the course of his investigation; he will be suspended by his paper and, eventually, uncover dark secrets rooted in the distant, District past. The story is a very compelling one. The characters are vividly drawn and the local atmospherics are spot-on. This is George Pelecanos-level Washington writing. Tucker captures the sounds, the smells, the grit, the danger and the arrogance with great success and gives us a very special hero in Sully Carter, a limping Cajun with a Ducati bike, a taste for Basil Haydenâs best, strong women and a compelling story.
Murder, D.C. is a five-star winner.