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THE SECRETS OF HARRY BRIGHT
Joseph Wambaugh
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THE SECRETS OF HARRY BRIGHT

A Novel

by Joseph Wambaugh

Morrow · 2013

Peak rank

#5

Weeks on list

17

Chart History

#15101519851986
dashed = off the list

17 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #5

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Raucous cops, outlaw bikers, and suntanned celebrities collide in a steamy landscape swirling with natural beauty and unnatural death. Seventeen months ago the California desert revealed the remains of Jack Watson. The rich man’s son was found incinerated in a Rolls-Royce, a bullet in his head. Now, a year and a half later, Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Sidney Blackpool is called into the desert to take on the case. But what begins for Blackpool as an investigation sandwiched between golf games in nearby Palm Springs quickly becomes an obsession. For the savage beauty of the wastelands holds many secrets. Secrets that stir up Blackpool’s long-suppressed nightmares of his own son’s death. Secrets that threaten to destroy an entire police department. Secrets that, by rights, should remain forever buried by the wind in the ageless desert sands. In this riveting novel, bestselling author Joseph Wambaugh jolts our emotions while entertaining us with his special brand of bawdy, beautiful, dark humor.

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Details

ISBN-13
9780804150682
ISBN-10
0804150680
Published
2013
Pages
349
Publisher
Morrow
Google rating
5.0(1)
Categories
Fiction

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