The guise of another

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Title:

The guise of another

Author:

Eskens, Allen, 1963- author.

Series:

Detective Max Rupert ;

Series Number:

Summary:

Who was James Putnam? Answering that question may mean salvation for Alexander Rupert, a Minnesota detective whose life is in a serious downward spiral. A Medal of Valor winner, Alexander is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption. He's been reassigned to the Frauds Unit, where he is shunned by his fellow detectives, and he fears his status-seeking wife may be having an affair. When he happens across a complex case of identity theft, Alexander sees an opportunity to rehabilitate his tattered reputation. But the case explodes into far more than he could have expected, putting him in the path of trained assassin Drago Basta, a veteran of the Balkan wars who has been searching for "James Putnam" for years. As his life spins out of control, Alexander's last hope may be his older brother, Max, a fellow police detective who steps in to try to save his brother from the carnage his investigation has let loose.

General Note:

"Author of The life we bury"--Cover.

Physical Description:

269 pages ; 21 cm

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Subject Term:

Police -- Fiction.

False personation -- Fiction.

Assassins -- Fiction.

Identity theft -- Fiction.

Brothers -- Fiction.

Adultery -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Minnesota -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books,

Publication Date:

2015

ISBN:

9781633880764

Publication Information:

Amherst, NY : Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books, 2015.

Call Number:

ESKENS

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Who was James Putnam? Answering that question may mean salvation for Alexander Rupert, a Minnesota detective whose life is in a serious downward spiral. A Medal of Valor winner, Alexander is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption. He's been reassigned to the Frauds Unit, where he is shunned by his fellow detectives, and he fears his status-seeking wife may be having an affair. When he happens across a complex case of identity theft, Alexander sees an opportunity to rehabilitate his tattered reputation. But the case explodes into far more than he could have expected, putting him in the path of trained assassin Drago Basta, a veteran of the Balkan wars who has been searching for 'James Putnam' for years. As his life spins out of control, Alexander's last hope may be his older brother, Max, a fellow police detective who steps in to try to save his brother from the carnage his investigation has let loose.

Author Notes

Allen Eskens has worked as a criminal defense attorney for twenty years. He has taken creative writing classes through the MFA program at Minnesota State University, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. His first book, The Life We Bury, was published in 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Edgar-finalist Eskens follows his highly praised debut, The Life We Bury (2014), with an equally compelling second novel starring Alexander Rupert, a disgraced Minneapolis police detective. Toiling away in the fraud unit while a grand jury investigates charges that he stole drug money, Rupert happens upon a case that he believes could return him to the department's good graces: a man who faked his death 15 years earlier in a boat accident off Coney Island has just died for real in a Minnesota car crash. Rupert wants to know who James Putnam really was and why he staged the coverup. While his own life continues to spiral toward the drain, Rupert finds himself increasingly attracted to Putnam's former live-in girlfriend, a temptress with elusive motivations. Eskens moves his plot along in a spare, sure-handed manner, avoiding clichés and stock situations. Elevating the story further are several unexpected turns down the homestretch, as well as several well-crafted characters who serve as examples of how good people can succumb to weakness. Readers looking for a new voice should pay attention to Eskens. Agent: Amy Cloughley, Kimberley Cameron Agency. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

Alexander Rupert's life is a mess. Indicted by a grand jury and suspected of theft, the disgraced detective has been relegated to the basement fraud division. His wife is cheating on him, and it seems as if nothing will ever go his way. And then Alexander catches a stolen identity case in which a man killed in a car accident turns out to be an impostor. Alexander's instincts immediately tell him there's more to the case than meets the eye, and, before long, he is swept into an investigation involving murder, blackmail, and one of the world's most ruthless assassins. Verdict Readers will be hooked on the probe into the mysterious dead man from the opening chapter. The investigation and clues unfold quickly, and the story reads satisfyingly well. Unfortunately, Eskens (The Life We Bury) gets bogged down in backstory details about hit man Drago Basta, and the storytelling loses momentum. Fans of Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch or Lisa Gardner's Detective D.D. Warren series will likely eat this one up.-Vicki Briner, Westminster, CO © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.