Badlands by Richard Montanari

381 pages first pub 2008 (view editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
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Badlands is ideal for the reader who craves a propulsive, high-stakes police procedural that marries relentless momentum with a creeping sense of existential dread, rewarding those who relish piecing together baroque puzzles while being unsettled by glimpses of humanity’s darkest corners.

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Philadelphia police detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano are working a new beat: the Special Investigations Unit, aka the cold case squad.

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