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Hangman
Hangman, Hangman, what do you see? Four little girls, as cute as can be. The eerie schoolyard chant still sends ripples of horror through North Buffalo. Not so long ago, serial killer Marcus Flynn preyed upon the community’s teenaged daughters—until he was cornered and shot in the head. But Flynn lived, carrying to prison the nickname “Hangman,” along with the secret of his last victim’s fate. Homicide cop Abbie Kearney wasn’t around during Hangman’s reign of terror. She hadn’t yet come home to wear her dad’s old badge in the tough Irish American stronghold known as “the County.” Abbie had never experienced firsthand the horror of Hangman. Until now.
Hangman, Hangman, where do they go? Down on the ground, where the daffodils grow. A corrections officer lies dead, a prison van stands empty . . . and somewhere out there, the monster who condemned innocents to death at the end of a rope watches and waits to strike again. Abbie leads a desperate manhunt through a city driven to its knees by fear, matching wits with a predator as brilliant as he is elusive. But as more victims are claimed, a rising tide of secrecy, paranoia, and politics forces her to realize that stepping beyond the law may be the only way to find justice. Because with each passing hour, the stakes grow higher—and Hangman’s noose gets tighter.
Hangman, Hangman, where do they go? Down on the ground, where the daffodils grow. A corrections officer lies dead, a prison van stands empty . . . and somewhere out there, the monster who condemned innocents to death at the end of a rope watches and waits to strike again. Abbie leads a desperate manhunt through a city driven to its knees by fear, matching wits with a predator as brilliant as he is elusive. But as more victims are claimed, a rising tide of secrecy, paranoia, and politics forces her to realize that stepping beyond the law may be the only way to find justice. Because with each passing hour, the stakes grow higher—and Hangman’s noose gets tighter.
370 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 13, 2014
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Stephan Talty
35 books299 followersStephan Talty is the New York Times bestselling author of six acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction, as well as the Abbie Kearney crime novels. Originally from Buffalo, he now lives outside New York City.
Talty began as a widely-published journalist who has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, Time Out New York, Details, and many other publications. He is the author of the forthcoming thriller Hangman (the sequel to Black Irish), as well as Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Double Agent who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day (2012) and Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws Bloody Reign (2008).
His short e-book, The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy was the best-selling Amazon Single of 2013.
Talty began as a widely-published journalist who has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, Time Out New York, Details, and many other publications. He is the author of the forthcoming thriller Hangman (the sequel to Black Irish), as well as Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Double Agent who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day (2012) and Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws Bloody Reign (2008).
His short e-book, The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy was the best-selling Amazon Single of 2013.
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July 5, 2023
July 4 2023
Had certain horror aspect to it which was really good. And which is what caught my attention in the first place I think.
Written fairly well. Not the best. But pretty good.
It did drone on though at some points, which strangely enough I don't mind. Like, in fact. Perfect blank spot audiobooks, which suites me just fine a lot of the times.
Not very character driven. But actually I found Raymond to be an arrogant Son of a bitch and entirely entertaining. So funny. Okay so I do want to read book one though.
Okay unto the next one. Gosh hope I don't read myself into another reading slump. Die when I'm in those.
Had certain horror aspect to it which was really good. And which is what caught my attention in the first place I think.
Written fairly well. Not the best. But pretty good.
It did drone on though at some points, which strangely enough I don't mind. Like, in fact. Perfect blank spot audiobooks, which suites me just fine a lot of the times.
Not very character driven. But actually I found Raymond to be an arrogant Son of a bitch and entirely entertaining. So funny. Okay so I do want to read book one though.
Okay unto the next one. Gosh hope I don't read myself into another reading slump. Die when I'm in those.
October 17, 2023
The plot did not hang together at all. The first chapter set what could have been a good start, but thereafter, it played no part. Disjointed, peppered with inconsequential characters and a tenuous (at best) connected series of events. References to past (unexplained) events did not help the reader; this is not a book to remember, except for its disappointment.
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