Cold Pursuit

About this book

From the Edgar Award-winning author of Silent Joe a new hard-hitting thriller of murder vengeance and secret passions that will keep readers spellbound. Homicide cop Tom McMichael is on the rotation when an 84-year-old city patriarch named Pete Braga is found bludgeoned to death. Not good news especially since the Irish McMichaels and the Portuguese Bragas share a violent family history dating back three generations. Years ago Braga shot McMichaels grandfather in a dispute over a paycheck; soon thereafter Bragas son was severely beaten behind a waterfront bar--legend has it that it was an act of revenge by McMichaels father. McMichael must put aside the old family blood feud and find the truth about Pete Bragas death. Bragas beautiful nurse is a suspect--she says she stepped out for some firewood but key evidence suggests otherwise. The investigation soon expands to include Bragas business his family the Catholic diocese a multi-million dollar Indian casino a prostitute a cop and of course the McMichael family. Cold Pursuit is the novel that T. Jefferson Parker fans have been waiting for.