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The lightning ruleBrett Ellen Block

The lightning rule

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They say lightning never strikes the same spot twice. Detective Martin Emmett is about to prove the exception to the rule. It is the summer of 1967 and a heat wave is bringing Newark, New Jersey's simmering racial tensions to a boiling point. Banished to desk duty, his career on the line, Emmett is offered a chance at professional redemption if he can quickly and quietly solve the murder of a black teenage boy whose mutilated body has been found in a subway tunnel. But Emmett discovers that the teen is a victim of a sadistic predator who abducts boys to use as prey in a twisted game of cat…

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Editions

3 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2007
    Harper Paperbacks · 320 pages · 9780060525088
  • Other · English · 2010
    Lightning Rule
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061915925
  • Other · English · 2006
    William Morrow · 306 pages · 9780060525064
FictionDetectivesNew jersey, fictionFiction, mystery & detective, generalFiction, generalDetective and mystery stories