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Silent City

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by Carrie Smith
Nicol Zanzarella
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The world of New York City school politics takes a deadly turn when Hector Sanchez, the popular principal of an up-and-coming public school, is murdered. Detective Claire Codella catches the high-profile case while she's still struggling to get back up to speed. This is her first case since taking leave to battle cancer.

Still recovering and still fighting to fit back in at the precinct, Codella must contend with a new partner and an old disease to find out who killed Hector Sanchez. As she investigates, she turns up question after question—and finding the answers may cost Codella her life.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Claire Codella Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 13, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781504644358
      • File size: 296214 KB
      • Duration: 10:17:06

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This explosive debut in crime fiction needs no help to win over the listener with its details of gritty New York streets. NYPD Detective Claire Codella's perspective is made stronger by narrator Nicol Zanzarella. This is demonstrated best when Codella scrolls through the comments on a message board that the victim was reading right before his death and Zanzarella seamlessly transitions between different New York accents. The victim was Hector Sanchez, a public school principal, who wasn't quite the hero he was believed to be. Can the detective fight for justice after having just fought for her life in a battle with cancer? Zanzarella expertly voices Codella's doubts as she faces media hungry for answers and defeated faculty members tangled in unsavory business. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 17, 2015
      This well-crafted series launch from Smith (Forget Harry) introduces Claire Codella, a New York City detective back on the job after battling lymphoma for several months. Codella, who may look well but is still adjusting to her harrowingly close encounter with death, welcomes the distraction of a bizarre murder case. Someone posed the body of Hector Sanchez, the popular principal of PS 777, a public elementary school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, on his apartment floor to resemble Christ on the cross. With little evidence and plenty of suspects—including certain PS 777 parents, teachers, and fellow administrators—the detective and her team find that every clue brings new revelations about the public and private life of the man touted as the savior of PS 777, which was a failing school until he took over. Codella’s ruminations on death and dying are thought-provoking and never maudlin, providing readers with an insightful glimpse into the emotions and consequences of being a cancer survivor. Agent: Kathy Green, Kathryn Green Literary Agency.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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