Out of the Blues

"A fresh, gritty debut. Boyce unveils one of the best new series characters in ages. . . A book that combines fast-paced suspense with moving insights."--#1 New York Times-bestselling author Lisa Gardner

From an author with more than thirty years' experience in the Atlanta Police Department comes a riveting procedural debut introducing an unforgettable heroine.

On her first day as a newly minted homicide detective, Sarah "Salt" Alt is given the cold-case murder of a blues musician whose death was originally ruled an accidental drug overdose. Now new evidence has come to light that he may have been given a hot dose intentionally. And this evidence comes from a convicted felon hoping to trade his knowledge for shortened prison time . . . a man who Salt herself put behind bars.

In a search that will take her into the depths of Atlanta's buried wounds--among the city's homeless, its politically powerful churches, commerce and industry, and the police department itself--Salt probes her way toward the truth in a case that has more at stake than she ever could have imagined. At once a vivid procedural and a penetrating examination of what it means to be cop, Out of the Blues is a remarkable crime debut.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Published: 02/23/2016
ISBN: 9780399167263
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/15/2015 pg. 52
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 12/14/2015
Booklist 12/15/2015 pg. 32
Romantic Times 03/01/2016 pg. 46 - Excellent
Library Journal 03/01/2016 pg. 94
New York Times Book Review 02/21/2016 pg. 29
Library Journal 09/15/2015