A Killing on the Hill by Robert Dugoni

A Killing on the Hill by Robert Dugoni

A gripping new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni. The Great Depression. High-level corruption. And a murder that’s about to become Seattle’s hottest mystery. It’s the kind of story that can make a reporter’s career. If he lives to write about it. Seattle, 1933. The city is in the grips of the Great Depression, Prohibition, and vice. Cutting his teeth on a small-time beat, hungry and ambitious young reporter William “Shoe” Shumacher gets a tip that could change his career. There’s been a murder at a social club on Profanity Hill—an underworld magnet for vice crimes only a privileged few can afford. The story is going to be front-page news, and Shoe is the first reporter on the scene. The victim, Frankie Ray, is a former prizefighter. His accused killer? Club owner and mobster George Miller, who claims he pulled the trigger in self-defense. Soon the whole town’s talking, and Shoe’s first homicide is fast becoming the Trial of the Century. The more Shoe digs, the more he’s convinced nothing is as it seems. Not with a tangle of conflicting stories, an unlikely motive, and witnesses like Ray’s girlfriend, a glamour girl whose pretty lips are sealed. For now. In a city steeped in Old West debauchery, Shoe’s following every lead to a very dangerous place—one that could bring him glory and fame or end his life.

Dugoni scores a decisive win with this tale of greed, lust, and bloodshed: it’s chock-full of expertly drawn characters and plenty of historical lore, and its note-perfect noir atmosphere could accommodate James CagneyHere’s hoping this gets the series treatment.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Author Robert Dugoni is firing on all cylinders. His best-selling Tracy Crosswhite novels set in the world of the Seattle police number ten (and counting) in the series. Dugoni also has a spy series, a legal thriller series and stand-alone novels including one set during the Vietnam War and another spanning decades. Now he’s gone deep into historical fiction with this crime novel set in the 1930s. Seattle is in the grip of the Great Depression and Prohibition. So naturally vice is at an all time high. Cub reporter William Shumacher stumbles onto a great story: an ex-prize fighter murdered by a mobster, with a gangster’s moll just one of many unreliable witnesses. It’ll be the launch of a new series for Dugoni, assuming Shumacher survives.” —Parade “Dugoni is a superb storyteller.” —The Boston Globe “Dugoni’s plotlines flow fast through twists and dead ends to page-turning but believable resolutions…Seattle, its hills, harbor area, slums and fancy homes, trolleys and busy traffic all feel authentic. Highly recommended…” —Historical Novel Society, Editors’ Choice “The case is compelling, the characters are stellar, and the prose takes the reader back to a time when DNA and technology were not available to make a slam-dunk prosecution. Is it too early to say that this will be remembered as the best legal thriller of the year?” —Jeff Ayers, FirstCLUE “Dugoni can flat-out write. Whether it's a standalone (5) or one of his series (3), all of his books are terrific…A Killing on the Hill will keep you enthralled throughout.” —The Book Sage “I would follow Robert Dugoni anywhere.” —Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author “One of the best crime writers in the business.” —Associated Press “An author who seems like he hasn’t met a genre he can’t conquer.” —Bookreporter “Crime writing of the absolute highest order.” —Providence Journal “The bottom line is that there’s not much Robert Dugoni can’t do. He can write anything. Which is why his latest book, on the heels of his already impressive backlist, is so intriguing…. To call it “gripping” doesn’t begin to do it justice. The fact is, it’s special and unlike anything else hitting bookstores right now.” —Ryan Steck, author of The Real Book Spy “Though Dugoni is primarily celebrated as a thriller writer, A Killing on the Hill evokes comparisons with the likes of E. L. Doctorow’s Ragtime and Caleb Carr’s The Alienist in that it’s drawn on a broad canvas that weaves fact into the fiction.” —Jon Land, BookTrib “A Killing on the Hill is a great mystery and a fun read. Dugoni perfectly captures a time when newspapers, rather than the internet, delivered the stories that captivated the public and left readers eager for more.” —Woman Around Town

Robert Dugoni is a critically acclaimed New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestselling author, reaching over ten million readers worldwide. He is best known for the Tracy Crosswhite police procedural series. He is also the author of the Charles Jenkins espionage series, the David Sloane legal thriller series, and several stand-alone novels, including Her Deadly Game, The 7th Canon, Damage Control, and The World Played Chess. His novel The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell was named Suspense Magazine’s 2018 Book of the Year, and Dugoni’s narration won an AudioFile Earphones Award. The Washington Post named his nonfiction exposé The Cyanide Canary a Best Book of the Year. Several of his novels have been optioned for movies and television series. Dugoni is the recipient of the Nancy Pearl Book Award for fiction and a three-time winner of the Friends of Mystery Spotted Owl Award for best novel set in the Pacific Northwest. He has been a finalist for many other awards. Dugoni’s books are sold in more than twenty-five countries and have been translated into more than thirty languages. He lives in Seattle. Visit his website at www.robertdugonibooks.com.

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ISBN 13	9781662500268
ISBN 10	1662500262
Title	A Killing on the Hill
Author	Robert Dugoni
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Amazon Publishing
Year published	2024-04-09
Number of pages	380
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