{"product_id":"3-quarters-9781476797182","title":"3 Quarters","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplosive, street-savvy, and authentic, acclaimed columnist Denis Hamill's novels are drawn in the gritty ink that can only flow from the pen of a native New Yorker.\u003c\/b\u003e..and a superbly talented writer. \u003cbr\u003eNow, blending sinuous prose with a hair-trigger delivery, Hamill etches a novel set in a mercenary New York--where friends become enemies, cops are corrupted, and some must die, all for the sake of Bobby Emmet was a desperate man, an honest New York City cop, framed for the murder of his fiancée, and given one last chance to save himself--by an unlikely benefactor. Bobby didn't murder his fiancee, Dorothea Dubrow, and then cremate the body--but he has an idea who is responsible. His murder trial interrupted his investigation of a police medical pension scam--and revealed how little he really knew about Dorothea. Now suddenly free, he is imprisoned in a web of corruption, lies, and the kind of secrets people kill for. \u003cbr\u003eBeginning his search for the truth at a shady security firm that employs able-bodied ex-cops, all of whom have mysteriously qualified for medical pensions--equal to a cool three-quarters of their salaries--he stumbles upon a startling discovery: the cremated remains that led to his conviction didn't really belong to Dorothea. \u003cbr\u003eBobby has a few allies: his policeman brother, his hacker daughter, his flamboyantly unprincipled lawyer, a cop or two who stood by him through the trial. But the same forces that landed him in jail more than a year before are putting a smothering squeeze on him now--and all roads lead to a powerful politician who will let nothing get between himself and the governor's mansion. \u003cbr\u003eAs the struggle to find the truth--and Dorothea--intensifies, Bobby begins to suspect that those around him are not as loyal as they appear. His liberty and very life depend on whether or not he can discover how high--and how near--the conspiracy goes before the trap closes on him. \u003cbr\u003eAt once lyrical and riveting, \u003ci\u003eThree Quarters\u003c\/i\u003e crackles in its electric setting, reverberating with a \"relentless energy\" (Lawrence Block) fueled by Hamill's intimate knowledge of and intense passion for New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Denis Hamill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476797182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenis Hamill\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten novels, including two previous novels featuring Bobby Emmet--\u003ci\u003e3 Quarters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThrowing 7's, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eFork in the Road, Long Time Gone, Sins of Two Fathers, \u003c\/i\u003e and his Brooklyn Christmas fable, \u003ci\u003eEmpty Stockings.\u003c\/i\u003e He currently writes a column for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News, \u003c\/i\u003e and he has been a columnist for \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Herald Examiner, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Herald American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45142366847091,"sku":"9781476797182","price":30.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_91c9def4-5733-491e-a176-c75e16f3754e.jpg?v=1782819238","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/3-quarters-9781476797182","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}