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Crime Song
Mulholland: Little, Brown. (Frank Marr, Bk. 2). May 2017. 400p. ISBN 9780316264211. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780316264204. F
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Former narcotics detective Frank Marr retired early from the Washington, DC, police department when he failed to conceal his cocaine addiction from his supervisor. Desperate for ready cash to support his addiction, Marr takes on a case as a favor to his estranged Aunt Linda from Ohio. In shadowing his cousin Jeffrey, a college student, Frank discovers that Jeffrey is involved in a small-time drug operation. As Frank is about to teach his relative a lesson, his home is burglarized, his deceased mother's vinyl collection is taken, and Jeffrey is discovered dead on his kitchen floor. In addition, Frank's .38 revolver—the murder weapon—is missing. He trails the stolen goods through inner-city DC to untangle a complex network of a bad cop, desperate addicts, and a taxi driver who is tied to everyone involved.
VERDICT Swinson delivers a superb second installment (after The Second Girl) in the "Frank Marr" series. Readers of Dennis Lehane, Richard Price, and George Pelecanos as well as fans of The Wire will appreciate the gritty depiction of the mean inner-city streets of our nation's capital. [See Prepub Alert, 11/21/16.]
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