Manhattan Is My Beat
Manhattan Is My Beat by Jeffery Deaver is a revised edition published by Random House Publishing Group on June 6, 2000, featuring 304 pages in English. This novel introduces Rune, a twenty-year-old with a flair for the dramatic and a penchant for old movies, who has recently settled in Manhattan. While working at a video store, she becomes entangled in a mystery when she discovers the body of her favorite customer, Mr. Kelly, a lonely old man with a fascination for a noir classic tied to a real-life unsolved bank heist.
As Rune delves deeper into the investigation, she believes that the answers to Mr. Kelly’s murder lie within the frames of the film he adored. The narrative follows her journey through the streets of New York, where she encounters danger and suspense that surpasses any cinematic plot. This book explores themes of crime and mystery, featuring a young woman sleuth navigating a thrilling adventure that challenges her resourcefulness and courage.
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From the bestselling author of the Bone Collector novels, soon to be an NBC series
Five feet two inches of slick repartee, near-purple hair, and poetic imagination, twenty-year-old Rune hasn’t been in Manhattan for very long. But she’s crafty enough to have found a squatter’s paradise in an empty TriBeCa loft, and a video store job that feeds her passion for old movies. It’s a passion she shares with her favorite customer, Mr. Kelly, a lonely old man who rents the same video over and over. The flick is a noir classic based on a real-life unsolved bank heist and a million missing dollars. It’s called Manhattan Is My Beat.
That’s the tape Rune is picking up from Mr. Kelly’s shabby apartment when she finds him shot to death. The police suspect a robbery gone wrong, but Rune is certain the key to solving the murder is hidden somewhere in the hazy, black-and-white frames of Mr. Kelly’s beloved movie. But as Rune hits the mean streets of New York to find answers, she gets caught up in a dangerous adventure more chilling than anything Hollywood could dream up. As her story draws to its terrifying conclusion, Rune’s final close-up may include the killer of a co-star.
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