Disturbed Earth (Artie Cohen Mysteries) [Hardcover]

Ms. Reggie Nadelson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Artie Cohen Mysteries | Publication Date: May 1, 2005

Winter 2003. Still reeling from 9/11, New York City is hit by the worst blizzard in years. On the verge of making peace with his own turbulent life, Artie Cohen-Reggie Nadelson's Russian-born, angst-ridden detective-is called to investigate a pile of blood-soaked children's clothes found on a Brooklyn beach. Artie is reluctantly drawn into a case that involves the death of one child, the strange disappearance of another, and growing anxiety about the fate of his own godson- all against the backdrop of a city already on edge. In his increasingly obsessive search for the missing child, Artie veers from posh parties on the Lower West Side of Manhattan to the remote coastal suburbs of Brooklyn, among the Russian community he thought he had left behind, only to discover truths that will haunt him in more ways than one.

Like Sara Paretsky in Chicago and George Pelecanos in Washington, D.C., Nadelson-a native New Yorker-captures the character of New York City and its outer boroughs. Disturbed Earth is both a riveting thriller and an insightful portrait of a post-9/11 New York.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Back on the NYPD after a stint as a PI, Artie Cohen takes on a mysterious and ambiguous special assignment in his twisty, psychologically complex fifth outing, set during the winter of 2002. Obsessed and haunted by the 9/11 terrorist attack, as well as by his fraught Russian upbringing, Cohen has found a sliver of hope in his relationship with Billy Farone, his 12-year-old godson. When bloody clothing is found on a Brooklyn beach, Cohen instinctively fears for Billy's safety. Despite reassurances from Billy's parents that the boy is away with a friend, Cohen remains uneasy—even after evidence links the clothes to a missing girl who eventually turns up dead. Cohen calls on his many contacts in the Brighton Beach Russian émigré community, including underworld figures and other unsavory characters, for help in solving the case. Meanwhile, his boss, who believes a serial killer is preying on New York City's youngsters, alternatively engages and excludes him from the investigation. Nadelson (Bloody London) pulls few punches, and the final revelation is a genuine shocker—a rare accomplishment in crime fiction these days. Nadelson is also the author of a biography, Comrade Rockstar, which is under film option to Tom Hanks.
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Review

“Lesser thriller writers…waste pages reaching for the effects that Nadelson achieves in a couple of lines.”
—Daily Mail

“A cracker of a story, original, well-written and fast-paced.”
—Sunday Times

“Fiction’s most exciting private dick — keeps Nadelson up there with the crime greats.”
—Daily Mirror


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Product Details

• Hardcover: 344 pages
• Publisher: Walker & Company (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802733832
• ISBN-13: 978-0802733832
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,478,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Right Exit to Brooklyn, October 16, 2007

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S. Zwerling (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Disturbed Earth: An Artie Cohen Mystery (Artie Cohen Mysteries) (Paperback)

I'm from Brooklyn--the old Brooklyn of the Brooklyn Dodgers when Gil Hodges and Jackie Robinson lived just down the street. Those days are gone and I, like many other gently-maturing Brooklynites can wax nostalgic about them; but if you want to visit today's Brooklyn from the comfort of your arm chair, let Reggie Nadelson escort you. No one in recent decades does as good a job as she of capturing the atmosphere of how Brooklyn has churned, as it always has, into new cultural configurations under the influence of waves of Russian immigrants. With her you will experience their street life, foods, entrepreneurship, their ambition, audatity, and yes their crime. This latter is Nadelson's special territory and no one is better at taking you into that world than her Artie Cohen. A Russian transplant himself, with a foot planted firmly in the downtown scene across the river in Manhattan but with his heart and soul still located among the good, the bad, and the ugly in his more newly-native Brooklyn. As they used to say in my old neighborhood--"Enjoy."

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars gruesome story, June 10, 2011

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Cat mom (LI NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Disturbed Earth: An Artie Cohen Mystery (Artie Cohen Mysteries) (Kindle Edition)

you can take the kid out of brooklyn. you cannot take brooklyn out of the kid. i bought this book because i was a brooklyn girl. it is an engrossing but gruesome story.read it only if you have a strong stomach.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read, December 23, 2009

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Weezel (Florida) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Disturbed Earth: An Artie Cohen Mystery (Artie Cohen Mysteries) (Paperback)

Disturbed Earth by Reggie Nadelson is a very suspenseful and gritty novel about New York City Detective Artie Cohen and his quest for justice. Nadelson brings New York to life in her vibrant descriptions and interesting characters. I loved it and highly recommend it to mystery fans everywhere.