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Nightshade

by Michael Connelly
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Introducing Detective Stilwell: a cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina Island.
 
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective Stilwell has been “exiled” to a low-key post policing rustic Catalina Island, after department politics drove him off a homicide desk on the mainland. But while following up the usual drunk-and-disorderlies and petty thefts that come with his new territory, Detective Stilwell gets a report of a body found weighed down at the bottom of the harbor—a Jane Doe identifiable at first only by a streak of purple dye in her hair. At the same time, a report of poaching on a protected reserve turns into a case fraught with violence and danger as Stilwell digs into the shady past of an island bigwig.
 
Crossing all lines of protocol and jurisdiction, Stilwell doggedly works both cases. Though hampered by an old beef with an ex-colleague determined to thwart him at every turn, he is convinced he is the only one who can bring justice to the woman known as “Nightshade.” Soon, his investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets and a dark heart to the serene island that was meant to be his escape from the evils of the big city.
 
Propulsive and atmospheric, Nightshade launches a brand new character into the Connelly universe, and proves without question that Michael Connelly is “the undisputed master of the modern crime novel” (Real Book Spy).

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    May 20, 2025

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      • ISBN: 9780316588492

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      • ISBN: 9780316588492
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    • English

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      Starred review from April 1, 2025
      Edgar Grand Master Award-winning Connelly's compulsively readable, best-selling crime fiction is propelled by justice-seekers committed to their calling, no matter the risks. In his fortieth novel, Connelly introduces a new righteous law man, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Stilwell, and a new base of operations. Having run afoul of his alleged superiors, Stilwell has been exiled to Catalina Island, "a way station for the department's freaks and fuckups." But he finds Catalina, 22 miles from L.A., beautiful; he's in love with Tash, the assistant harbormaster; he doesn't mind being the only detective there; and he's starting to feel downright content. Until a buffalo is illegally killed, and a boater spots the body of a young woman with a purple streak in her long dark hair lashed to an anchor on the seabed. The case is officially under the jurisdiction of the mainland homicide unit, but Stilwell cannot stop himself from investigating, especially after he gets a sense of how the victim was treated when she worked as a waitress at an elite island club. Catalina is a playground for visitors, while the working-class denizens scramble, and the powerful scheme. With an intriguingly low-key but skilled and principled hero, his significant other, a pesky if useful reporter, a conniving mayor, and a crime boss known as Baby Head, Nightshade is a gripping and promising start to crime virtuoso Connelly's new series.HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: With millions of Harry Bosh and Mickey Haller fans on the Connelly watch, this series starter will instigate avid interest.

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