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This is the WBEZ Book Club.
I'm Jordan Rich. If you're a fan

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of Robert Parker's Spencer or Lahyanes Kenzie
and Jennaro series of detective novels. Make

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room for a new character, Eddie
Harkness. I just read Eddie's first adventure,

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a book called Third Rail by Rory
Flynn. Eddie is a Harvard educated

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second generation police officer demoted from his
job at the Boston Police Department for a

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tragic incident outside Fenway Park. The
action kicks off on page one and never

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lets up, as our hero loses
something very important his gun, and spends

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most of the novel tracking it down, all the while unlocking the secrets of

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a new world class designer drug called
third Rail. This premier novel by Rory

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Flynn has it all. A tough, thoughtful hero, fast on his feet

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and adept with his fists. There's
a femme fatale artist in Bartender, Thalia

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Havoc. Her last name is Apropoe, and you'll get to meet some of

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the most interesting and dangerous bad guys
in fiction. Third Rail by Rory Flynn.

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