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A Nora Callum Mystery #2
Beyond Ice, Beyond Death
Chicago homicide detective Nora Callum is, by her own description, cranky, moralistic, self-conscious, and a devoted single mother. She is also a very good cop, whose peg leg - the result of injuries sustained during a shoot-out - only adds to her determination to be the first at any crime scene, and the most dogged member of her squad.
Nora's investigative talents are sorely tested when a body found frozen in the ice and snow of a typically pitiless Chicago winter turns out to be that of Edward Boyes, a NASA scientist. The only identifying elements on the corpse are a watch and a signet ring, which make cryptic references to "The Golden Swan" and "Phobos I."
Phobos is a space probe, a joint undertaking of the Russian and American governments. But something's gone drastically why else would Boyes be murdered, and his Russian lover confined to a prison cell? As Nora looks into Boyes's background, she is struck by the intensity of the lovers' devotion, as evidenced in letters and videotapes; it is in direct proportion to the loneliness in her own life.
Supported by her partner, Art Campbell, her daughter, Meg, and her good friend Paris Viveka, a call girl trying to go straight, Nora confronts the crisis of her career when the accidental shooting of a suspected drug kingpin leads to her suspension from the force, and she must continue the investigation into the death of Edward Boyes on her own.
Nora's investigative talents are sorely tested when a body found frozen in the ice and snow of a typically pitiless Chicago winter turns out to be that of Edward Boyes, a NASA scientist. The only identifying elements on the corpse are a watch and a signet ring, which make cryptic references to "The Golden Swan" and "Phobos I."
Phobos is a space probe, a joint undertaking of the Russian and American governments. But something's gone drastically why else would Boyes be murdered, and his Russian lover confined to a prison cell? As Nora looks into Boyes's background, she is struck by the intensity of the lovers' devotion, as evidenced in letters and videotapes; it is in direct proportion to the loneliness in her own life.
Supported by her partner, Art Campbell, her daughter, Meg, and her good friend Paris Viveka, a call girl trying to go straight, Nora confronts the crisis of her career when the accidental shooting of a suspected drug kingpin leads to her suspension from the force, and she must continue the investigation into the death of Edward Boyes on her own.
- GenresMystery
304 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1995
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February 26, 2020
An amazing combination of history and mystery!
March 29, 2008
Good read
October 25, 2010
This book is written by the brother of one of my employers. Awesome first book, great main character!
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