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1 online resource (387 pages) : illustrations |
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| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Welcome; Dedication; Epigraph; Prologue; Illustration; Chapter 1; 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; Illustration; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Chapter 24; Illustration; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; Chapter 27; Chapter 28; Chapter 29; Chapter 30; Chapter 31; Chapter 32; Chapter 33; Chapter 34; Chapter 35; Illustration; Chapter 36; Chapter 37; Chapter 38; Chapter 39; Chapter 40; Chapter 41 |
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Chapter 42Chapter 43; Chapter 44; Chapter 45; Chapter 46; Chapter 47; Illustration; Chapter 48; Chapter 49; Chapter 50; Chapter 51; Chapter 52; Chapter 53; Illustration; Chapter 54; Chapter 55; Chapter 56; Chapter 57; Chapter 58; Chapter 59; Illustration; Chapter 60; Chapter 61; Chapter 62; Chapter 63; Chapter 64; Chapter 65; Chapter 66; Chapter 67; Illustration; Epilogue; A Preview of ""We Were Kings; About the Authors; Books by Thomas O'Malley and Douglas Graham Purdy; Newsletters; Table of Contents; Copyright |
| Summary |
"A serial killer stalks the streets of 1950s Boston--and two friends take it upon themselves to take him down. Post-war Boston is down on its luck and looking for change. A year after the Brink's Robbery--the largest robbery in the history of the United States--Boston is known more for its seedy underbelly than for its rich, historical past. The winter of 1951 is the worst in recent memory, and the Bruins are suffering another losing season. Like the city itself, lifelong residents Cal O'Brien and Dante Cooper are struggling to find their identities after World War II. Cal has built a mildly promising life for himself as an employee of a company providing private security, whether to an honorable businessman who needs a nightwatchman or to an Irish mafioso who needs to have someone's legs broken. Dante is everything Cal is not. A heroin addict trying and failing to stay clean, Dante feels the call to do good after he discovers that his sister-in-law was the latest victim of a serial killer targeting disadvantaged women. Woefully unqualified, but determined to help, Cal and Dante take it upon themselves to track the killer--but their daunting quest takes on dangerous consequences when the trail leads them to the highest ranks of city government. There are a few well-placed men who don't want Cal and Dante to solve this case. An absorbing mixture of history and suspense, told with a meticulous eye for detail and character, Serpents in the Cold is a moving exploration about two men battling for second chances"-- Provided by publisher. |
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In 1951, lifelong Boston residents Cal O'Brien and Dante Cooper, struggling to find their identities after World War II, take it upon themselves to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing the city. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Serial muderers -- Fiction.
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Serial murderers -- Fiction.
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Serial murderers. |
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Boston (Mass.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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Mystery Fiction.
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Suspense fiction.
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Electronic books. |
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Fiction.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Purdy, Douglas Graham, author.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): O'Malley, Thomas, 1967- Serpents in the cold New York : Mulholland books/Little, Brown and Company, 2015 9780316323505 (DLC) 2014018353 (OCoLC)879602916 |
| ISBN |
9780316295253 : $78.00 |
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0316295256 : $78.00 |
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