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The Second Girl
The Second Girl | David Swinson
9 posts | 12 read | 7 to read
He's a good detective...with a bad habit. One of Booklist's Best Crime Novels of the Year! Frank Marr knows crime in Washington, DC. A decorated former police detective, he retired early and now ekes a living as a private eye for a defense attorney. Frank Marr may be the best investigator the city has ever known, but the city doesn't know his dirty secret. A long-functioning drug addict, Frank has devoted his considerable skills to hiding his usage from others. But after accidentally discovering a kidnapped teenage girl in the home of an Adams Morgan drug gang, Frank becomes a hero and is thrust into the spotlight. He reluctantly agrees to investigate the disappearance of another girl--possibly connected to the first--and the heightened scrutiny may bring his own secrets to light, too. Frank is as slippery and charming an antihero as you've ever met, but he's also achingly vulnerable. The result is a mystery of startling intensity, a tightly coiled thriller where every scene may turn disastrous. THE SECOND GIRL is the crime novel of the season, and the start of a refreshing new series from an author who knows the criminal underworld inside and out.
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Nici
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I'm hooked on this train wreck of a protagonist and somewhat worried about how much I identify with the romantic plot.

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mookierose
The Second Girl | David Swinson
Mehso-so

Finished this book on the train on Wednesday. A former cop, now PI with a drug addiction, tries to find a missing girl. So, I had a love-hate relationship with the main character, but he also has a love-hate relationship with himself. I think a lot could have been done for his redemption and hope for more of that in the sequel. I kept wanting to like him but then he would do something terrible lol. But the story is very action-packed and intense!

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BeckyBelt
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I have this theory that the number of blurbs (and words in said blurbs) on the back of a book is inversely proportional to how good the book ends up being. If a book is good, let it tell you itself. The Second Girl did nothing to contradict that theory. Hated it.

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SarahVanBrimmer
The Second Girl | David Swinson
Mehso-so

Great story although the drug use of the main detective was distracting to the reader.

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Guildedearlobe
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Swinson takes what could be a predictable set up, and makes it feel fresh. He never lets up, pushing the reader deeper in the crime ridden back alleys of the metropolitan DC area. It‘s a top notch crime tale, with a unique but disturbing main character, that comes together well. Narrator Christopher Ryan Grant captures the feel of the novel perfectly.

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Guildedearlobe
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Been in a decent sci-fi groove lately but was looking for a good change of pace thriller and George Pelecanos said good things about it so why not?

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thatchrisblack
The Second Girl | David Swinson
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Been in a bit of a reading slump the last couple weeks and then I stumble across this book at my local library. You've got a drug-addicted former cop trying to make ends meet as a PI who, while robbing a drug house to resupply his own stash, stumbles upon a kidnapped teenage girl.

This story didn't take its foot off the gas for a second and it was a wild, enjoyable ride. Highly recommended.

MrBook Nice review. 8y
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BeckyLeJ
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Almost finished with this one. This has to be one of the most unlikable characters I've read in a while. The story is quite good though. #septphotochallenge #somethingforsept

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Emilie
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Top-notch crime fiction. Set in DC with a fascinating narrator and blurbed by Tana French -- I loved it.

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