[Last Policeman Serie 02] • Countdown City

;Extraordinary;as well as brilliant, surprising, and, considering the circumstances, oddly uplifting.; ; Mystery Scene Magazine on The Last Policeman

There are just 77 days to go before a deadly asteroid collides with Earth, and Detective Hank Palace is out of a job. With the Concord police force operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, Hank;s days of solving crimes are over;until a woman from his past begs for help finding her missing husband.

Brett Cavatone disappeared without a trace;an easy feat in a world with no phones, no cars, and no way to tell whether someone;s gone ;bucket list; or just gone. With society falling to shambles, Hank pieces together what few clues he can, on a search that leads him from a college-campus-turned-anarchist-encampment to a crumbling coastal landscape where anti-immigrant militia fend off ;impact zone; refugees.

The second novel in the Last Policeman trilogy, Countdown City presents a fascinating mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse;and once again, Hank Palace confronts questions way beyond ;whodunit.; What do we as human beings owe to one another? And what does it mean to be civilized when civilization is collapsing all around you?

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