- 320 pages
- English
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About This Book
Explosive, street-savvy, and authentic, acclaimed columnist Denis Hamill's novels are drawn in the gritty ink that can only flow from the pen of a native New Yorker...and a superbly talented writer.
Now, blending sinuous prose with a hair-trigger delivery, Hamill etches a novel set in a mercenary New Yorkâwhere friends become enemies, cops are corrupted, and some must die, all for the sake of Bobby Emmet was a desperate man, an honest New York City cop, framed for the murder of his fiancĂ©e, and given one last chance to save himselfâby an unlikely benefactor. Bobby didn't murder his fiancee, Dorothea Dubrow, and then cremate the bodyâbut he has an idea who is responsible. His murder trial interrupted his investigation of a police medical pension scamâand revealed how little he really knew about Dorothea. Now suddenly free, he is imprisoned in a web of corruption, lies, and the kind of secrets people kill for.
Beginning his search for the truth at a shady security firm that employs able-bodied ex-cops, all of whom have mysteriously qualified for medical pensionsâequal to a cool three-quarters of their salariesâhe stumbles upon a startling discovery: the cremated remains that led to his conviction didn't really belong to Dorothea.
Bobby has a few allies: his policeman brother, his hacker daughter, his flamboyantly unprincipled lawyer, a cop or two who stood by him through the trial. But the same forces that landed him in jail more than a year before are putting a smothering squeeze on him nowâand all roads lead to a powerful politician who will let nothing get between himself and the governor's mansion.
As the struggle to find the truthâand Dorotheaâintensifies, Bobby begins to suspect that those around him are not as loyal as they appear. His liberty and very life depend on whether or not he can discover how highâand how nearâthe conspiracy goes before the trap closes on him.
At once lyrical and riveting, Three Quarters crackles in its electric setting, reverberating with a "relentless energy" (Lawrence Block) fueled by Hamill's intimate knowledge of and intense passion for New York City.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Thursday
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19: Friday
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22: Saturday
- Chapter 23: Sunday
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25: Monday
- Chapter 26: Tuesday
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29: Wednesday
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
- Chapter 33
- Chapter 34: Thursday
- Chapter 35
- Chapter 36
- Chapter 37: Friday
- Chapter 38
- Chapter 39: Saturday
- Chapter 40
- Chapter 41: Sunday
- Chapter 42
- Chapter 43
- Chapter 44: Monday
- Chapter 45
- Chapter 46
- Chapter 47
- Chapter 48
- Chapter 49
- Chapter 50
- Chapter 51
- Chapter 52
- Chapter 53
- Chapter 54
- Chapter 55
- Chapter 56: Tuesday
- Epilogue
- Copyright