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A woman is shot as she waits for her train to work. An hour later, a
second woman is gunned down as she rides an elevated train through the
Loop. Two hours after that, a church becomes the target of a chemical
weapons attack. The city of Chicago is under siege, and Michael Kelly,
cynical cop turned private investigator, just happens to be on the
scene when all hell breaks loose.
Kelly is initially drawn into the case by the killers themselves, then
tasked by Chicago's mayor and the FBI to hunt down the bad guys and,
all things being equal, put a bullet in them. Kelly, of course, has
other ideas. As he gets closer to the truth, his instincts lead him to
a retired cop, a shady train company, and an unnerving link to his own
past. Meanwhile, Kelly's girlfriend, Rachel Swenson, becomes a pawn in
a much larger game, while a weapon that could kill millions ticks away
quietly in the very belly of the city.
The Third Rail is stylish, sophisticated, edge-of-your-seat
suspense from a new modern master.
pub date: 2010-04-20 | harcover | 9780307272508 |
