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  • The Last Policeman, Book 2
  • By: Ben H. Winters
  • Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
  • Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (31 ratings)
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Summary

“A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.”—Alexandra Alter, The New York Times

Detective Hank Palace returns in the second in the speculative mystery trilogy set on the brink of the apocalypse.

There are just 77 days before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank's days of solving crimes are over...until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband.

Brett Cavatone disappeared without a trace—an easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone’s gone “bucket list” or just gone. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia fend off “impact zone” refugees.

Countdown City presents another fascinating mystery set on brink of an apocalypse--and once again, Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond "whodunit." What do we as human beings owe to one another? And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you?

©2013 Ben H. Winters (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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"Extraordinary - as well as brilliant, surprising, and, considering the circumstances, oddly uplifting." ( Mystery Scene Magazine)

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Fast paced thrilling part 2

Book one was a detective story set against an end of the world backdrop but book two is thoroughly entwined in the imminent threat of the apocalypse it's a fast paced character led story which draws you in keeping you listening needing to know everyone's fate.

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