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Taking Pity Hardback - 2015

by David Mark

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The New York Times hails David Mark's work as "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain"; in Taking Pity, Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy returns for another darkly enthralling installment of this internationally acclaimed series.

It's been three months since Detective Sergeant Aector McAvoy returned home, or what was left of it after a horrific tragedy. All that remained was charred masonry, broken timbers, and dried blood--a crude reminder of the home invasion and explosion that tore his house and family apart. McAvoy's wife and daughter are safe, he's been assured; he just wishes he knew where they were.

As McAvoy wrestles with his guilt, self-hatred, and helplessness, trouble persists in stormy Hull. Organized crime emerges as the city's latest threat, with two warring factions leaving plenty of bodies for Detective Superintendent Trish Pharaoh and her unit to clean up. Now more than ever, Pharaoh needs her sergeant to return to work and be a policeman again. She gives McAvoy a case that's supposed to ease him back into the game: a re-investigation of a rural quadruple murder that was put to bed fifty years ago. But what was supposed to be a cut-and-dry job quickly unravels as McAvoy digs up new evidence and witness testimonies, steering him closer to some of the most notorious criminals in northern England.

Fast-paced, noir-ish and fresh off the heels of Sorrow Bound's violent finale, Taking Pity is the latest page-turning installment in the gripping Detective McAvoy series. Hailed by The New York Times as being "in the honorable tradition of Joseph Wambaugh and Ed McBain," David Mark's police procedurals are smart, dark, and above all, wholly captivating.

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  • Title Taking Pity
  • Author David Mark
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition/Fi
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blue Rider Press, NEW YORK
  • Publication date 2015-07
  • ISBN 9780399168215 / 0399168214
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 3.05 cm)
  • Category Fiction - Espionage / Thriller
  • Library of Congress subjects Suspense fiction, Murder
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2015002627
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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DAVID MARK's Taking Pity is the fourth novel in the Detective Sergeant McAvoy series. Mark lives in Yorkshire, England.

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