| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
322 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Sarah Crichton Books." |
| Summary |
Life isn't panning out for Maureen Coughlin. At twenty-nine, the tough-skinned Staten Island native's only excitement comes from . . . well, not much. A fresh pack of American Spirits, maybe, or a discreet dash of coke before work. If something doesn't change soon, she'll end up a "lifer" at the Narrows, the faux-swank bar where she works one long night after another. But just like the island, the Narrows has its seamy side. After work one night, Maureen walks in on a tryst between her co-worker Dennis and Frank Sebastian, a silver-haired politico. When Sebastian demands her silence, Maureen is more than happy to forget what she's seen - until Dennis turns up dead on the train tracks the next morning. The murder sends Maureen careening out of her stultifying routine and into fast-deepening trouble. Soon she's on the run through the seedy underbelly of the borough, desperate to stop Sebastian before Dennis's fate becomes her own. |
| Subject |
Bartenders -- Fiction.
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Political corruption -- United States -- Fiction.
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Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780374136529 alkaline paper |
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0374136521 alkaline paper |
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