{"product_id":"death-at-fort-devens-9781448307661","title":"Death at Fort Devens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's a race against time to find a teenager missing on the mean streets of Boston, in this hardboiled mystery featuring Andy Roark, Vietnam veteran turned Private Investigator.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAs good as, and \u003cb\u003emaybe even better, than Robert Parker or\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eDennis Lehane\u003c\/b\u003e, Peter Colt's Andy Roark is my new favorite sleuth\" - International aid worker, journalist and writer Roberta Gately, author of the Jessie Novak mysteries \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eStrong mystery\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Colt plays fair with the reader before the \u003cb\u003esatisfying reveal\u003c\/b\u003e\" \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston, 1985\u003c\/i\u003e. Private Investigator Andy Roark left the military behind years ago, but his past comes flooding back when he's hired by an old army buddy who's worried about his rebellious teenage daughter's safety. There are bonds of blood between Roark and the highly-decorated Lieutenant Colonel Dave Billings, forged in the steamy Vietnamese jungle, and some debts aren't easy to forget. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorking the case for free, Roark's investigation quickly leads him to Boston's Combat Zone, five acres of sex, drugs and crime, right in the heart of one of America's oldest cities - and to Judy's unsavory new boyfriend, the drug-dealing K-nice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen Judy runs away, and the clock starts ticking in earnest. Roark is determined to save his friend's daughter from a life of drugs and prostitution, but it'll take more than missing-person flyers and polite questions to save the girl and get them both out of the concrete jungle of the Combat Zone alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis page-turning hard-edged mystery, written by a US Army veteran and New England police officer, is a great choice for readers who enjoy military detail, twisty plots and classic PI heroes with plenty of flaws, humour and attitude.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Colt \u003c\/b\u003eis a 1996 graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a BA in Political Science and a 24-year veteran of the Army Reserve with deployments to Kosovo and Iraq as an Army Civil Affairs officer. He is currently a police officer in Rhode Island. He is married with two sons and two perpetually feuding cats. He is the author of the Andy Roark mysteries: \u003ci\u003eThe Off-Islander\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBack Bay Blues\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath at Fort Devens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Severn House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387180126482,"sku":"9781448307661","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_54d33cda-80d3-4aba-aef4-f5d39a931437.jpg?v=1728872391","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-at-fort-devens-9781448307661","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}