Fast falls the night

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Author

Julia Keller

Publication

2017 - Minotaur Books, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

71,500 words, Guess

Page Count

286 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archivefastfallsnight0000kell
ISBN-101250089611
ISBN-139781250089618
Library of Congress Control Number2017008618
OCLC Control Number957139084

and 2 more

Better World Books9781250089618
Open LibraryOL26924873M

Classifications

DDC813/.6
LCCPS3611.E4245 F37 2017
LCCPS3611.E4245F37 2017

Description

"The first drug overdose comes just after midnight, when a young woman dies on the dirty floor of a gas station bathroom. To the people of the small town of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, it is just another tragedy. It is sad--but these days, depressingly familiar. But then there is another overdose. And another. And another. Prosecutor Bell Elkins soon realizes that her Appalachian hometown is facing its starkest challenge yet: a day of constant heroin overdoses from a batch tainted with a lethal tranquilizer. While the clock ticks and the bodies fall, Bell and her colleagues desperately track the source of the deadly drug--and engage in fierce debates over the wisdom of expending precious resources to save the lives of self-destructive addicts. Based on a real-life event, Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Keller's latest Bell Elkins novel "Fast Falls the Night" takes place in a single 24-hour period, unfurling against the backdrop of a shattering personal revelation that will change Bell's life forever"--