256 p. ; 25 cm

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Goodnight, Irene : an Irene Kelly novel

Goodnight, Irene : Irene Kelly bk. 1

Goodnight, Irene (AIM #1)

Jan Burke

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

ibooks, Incorporated

Pocket Books

Summit Books

United States, United States of America

An Irene Kelly Mystery, New York, 1993

Irene Kelly bk. 01, New York, ©1993

Simon & Schuster, [N.p.], 2003

New York, New York State, 1993

First Edition, 1993

Volume 0, 1993

Reprint, 2002

May 1, 2002

PS, 2002

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Goodnight, Irene is the debut novel in an exciting new mystery series featuring Irene Kelly - reporter, intrepid amateur sleuth, and woman of today - who tracks a murderer obsessed with keeping the past from interfering with the future. In Las Piernas, California, a beach community off the coast of Los Angeles, veteran reporter O'Connor is blown to bits by a bomb; his son is buried alive in the sand; and his best friend and former colleague, Irene Kelly, is nearly killed when a stream of bullets whizzes through the window of her home. Unwilling to be the next victim in a frightening series of events, and determined to discover who murdered O'Connor, Irene takes it upon herself to track down the killer. She begins investigating by digging through O'Connor's files and deciphering his highly secretive, coded notes. Irene soon discovers that her friend was on the verge of solving a thirty-five-year-old mystery involving a pregnant woman who was brutally murdered and mutilated beyond recognition. And, this old murder mystery is somehow connected with a current political cover-up concocted by a group of local politicians involved in a greedy - and deadly - money-laundering scheme. Irene follows a lead that takes her from her California beach community to a desert Arizona town and back, determined to find out who silenced O'Connor before he could reveal the connection between the old murder mystery and the current money-laundering scheme. Ignoring deadly threats, Irene expertly gathers clues, and narrows down a long list of unlikely suspects. There's a money-hungry-politician with more to lose than the local race if the truth is revealed; a high society babe who will do anything to protect her"impeccable" reputation; a manipulative gigolo whose bedside secrets prove lethal; a high-ranking bank official who conveniently disappears when Irene starts nosing around; and many other memorable characters, all of whom had a personal motive for wanting O'Connor dead. To add to the tension, Irene finds herself working closely with a man from her past, handsome police detective Frank Harriman. Love is what neither expects, but it hits them both - and hard, complicating matters as they try to protect each other from someone so desperate to keep secrets, past and present, hidden that he will eliminate anyone who comes too close to the truth

<p><br>for Thirty-five Years The Identity Of The Dismembered Woman Found Under The Las Piernas Pier Has Remained A Mystery. What Secret Did She Take To Her Grave? Southern California Reporter Irene Kelly Has Uncovered A Maze Of Forensic Records And Confidential Files That Suggest A Motive Far More Sinister Than Anyone Imagined. The Discovery Has Brought Her Close To Detective Frank Harriman, And Closer Still To Exposing A Killer Who Will Resort To Anything To Keep His Secrets Buried -- And Irene Silenced Forever.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>set In The Fictional Southern California Town Of Las Piernas, This Generally Exciting Debut Mystery--the First Of A Projected Series--brims With Brutality, But Is Slowed At Times By Home And Hospital Bedside Scenes. Former Reporter Irene Kelly, Now Working In Public Relations, Is Shocked When Her Friend O'connor Is Killed By A Bomb Hidden In A Package. The Only Clue Irene Can Unearth Is O'connor's Obsession With A Long-unsolved Crime Involving An Unidentified Female Body Discovered In Las Piernas Years Before. Rehired By The Las Piernas Express , Irene Teams Up With Ex-lover And Homicide Cop Frank Harriman To Crack The Case, But Details Of What O'connor Had Learned About The Killing Are Long In Coming. Burke Punctuates Her Too Leisurely Exposition With Graphic, Effective Scenes Of Murder And Attempted Murder, Although She Depicts The Menacing Assassins More As Machines Than As Human Beings And Provides A Plausible Explanation For All The Violence Only At Her Story's Very End. Still, She Writes With Remarkable Sensitivity About The Physical And Spiritual Reactions Of People Terrorized By Cold-blooded Killers, And Her Gift For Characterization Somewhat Compensates For Her Still-rudimentary Pacing Skills. ( Mar. )</p>

In the bestselling tradition of Sue Grafton and Sara Paretsky--a new mystery series featuring Irene Kelly, reporter, amateur sleuth, and woman of today. When a veteran reporter is killed while trying to solve a murder that occurred in 1955, Irene Kelly attempts to find out who silenced her comrade--and quickly becomes the killer's next target.

A blistering reissue from the Edgar Award-winning author of Flight! Investigative reporter/amateur sleuth Irene Kelly risks life and limb to solve the brutal slaying of a friend -- a crime that is somehow connected to a thirty-five-year old murder and a current political cover-up

2023-06-28