The Cold Pursuit [Paperback]

Jefferson T. Parker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Hyperion Books (March 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786890177
• ISBN-13: 978-0786890170
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,270,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

T. Jefferson Parker is the bestselling author of numerous novels, including Storm Runners and The Fallen. Alongside Dick Francis and James Lee Burke, Parker is one of only three writers to be awarded the Edgar Award for Best Novel more than once. Parker lives with his family in Southern California.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Moody police procedural, April 29, 2003

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Lynn Harnett (Marathon, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Pursuit (Hardcover)

Edgar Award-winner Parker ("Silent Joe") manages to do something a little different each time out and his eleventh is a police procedural made personal by family feuding. When 84-year-old Portuguese tuna-boat captain turned Ford dealership tycoon, Pete Braga, is bludgeoned to death in his San Diego bayfront home, homicide cop Tom McMichael catches the case. Braga had killed McMichael's grandfather 50 years earlier and gotten off with self-defense. Braga's son was later brain damaged in a beating long ascribed to McMichael's father, but never proven. Then, years later, the feud derailed the first-love passion between McMichael and Braga's headstrong granddaughter.

The initial suspect is the beautiful young nurse whose home is full of items from Braga's various collections, but her alibi pans out and a romance with McMichael heats up. The investigation branches out to include political wrangling and underhanded business-as-usual money deals in a proposed new airport, a Mexican smuggling operation using Braga's new Fords, and, of course, the heirs. The plot is complex (sometimes confusingly so) and McMichael's inappropriate love life comes to the attention of police department politicos, further muddying the waters. While the story is not particularly compelling or suspenseful, Parker's characters are well-fleshed, preserving a touch of human mystery and murk, and the blustery San Diego winter provides a moody backdrop.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Genuine Page Turner, October 24, 2004

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Pangloss "soldierblue" (Woodstock, Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Pursuit (Mass Market Paperback)

I have read many T. Jefferson Parker books and this is one of the best. You see the term "page turner" used a lot but this is one book that really grabs you and keeps you reading until the end. There is murder, a little romance and a dedicated cop who is tracking down a killer while dealing with his own demons. I dare anyone to start this mystery and not finish it in one sitting. It is really quite riveting.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly vivid, compelling mystery., March 22, 2003

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Steve "Steve" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cold Pursuit (Hardcover)

This was my first book by T. Jefferson Parker, & I enjoyed it thoroughly. Being a San Diego native myself, I'll happily vouch for Mr Parker's extremely detailed command of the finer details of our city's geography, climate, & incredibly incestous Port Commission. Overall, an extremely compelling procedural mystery that kept me guessing 'til the end.