Harry Doyle, known to his peers as the Dead Detective, finds himself faced with what many consider the most powerful and secretive cult in the country-Scientology. Clearwater, Florida, the spiritual c
Harry Doyle, known to his peers as the Dead Detective, finds himself faced with what many consider the most powerful and secretive cult in the country-Scientology. Clearwater, Florida, the spiritual c
"The Dead Detective is Heffernan's first novel in seven years, and wherever he's been, he hasn't forgotten how to write a good, gritty police procedural. . . . This edgy police drama succeeds in captu
"The Dead Detective is Heffernan's first novel in seven years, and wherever he's been, he hasn't forgotten how to write a good, gritty police procedural. . . . This edgy police drama succeeds in captu
"A solid historical from Edgar-winner Heffernan."--Publishers Weekly"Sliding back and forth in time?before, during, and after the Civil War?William Heffernan creates a powerful, intriguing, and comple
"A solid historical from Edgar-winner Heffernan."--Publishers Weekly"Sliding back and forth in time?before, during, and after the Civil War?William Heffernan creates a powerful, intriguing, and comple
"The whispered revelations that come spilling out of -Beulah Hill are like ghostly voices you sometimes hear in the atticsoft, sad and disturbingly urgent."New York Times Book Review"Mesme
"Funny, sad, clever, original, heartwarming, timely, and terrific . . . A must-read."—Nelson DeMille"Highly recommended . . . Heffernan is masterly in -examining the scruples of corporate downsizing w
After being murdered as a child and brought back to life by two cops, Harry Doyle grew up to become a homicide detective who has the uncanny ability to hear the whispers of murder victims, and he must
“A superior crime drama . . . Edgar-winning Heffernan once again shows himself a craftsman of the hardboiled style, as well as a seamless handler of shifting viewpoints and emotions.”—Publishers Weekl
This book explores the paradox of privacy within the American Constitution. It examines the threat to informational privacy posed by modern technology and in doing so, it rejects exaggerated claims ab
Harry Doyle was murdered at age ten by his religious fanatic mother. Resuscitated by the police, Harry comes back from the dead and survives an event that will shape the rest of his life. Twenty years
Harry Doyle was murdered at age ten by his religious fanatic mother. Resuscitated by the police, Harry comes back from the dead and survives an event that will shape the rest of his life. Twenty years
Trapped in what appears to be an endless bloodbath - vividly presented with Heffernan's meticulous historical research - three boys gradually begin to change until their close-knit childhood ties are
After the Civil War tears apart the friendship of three young men, one of them, now a physically and emotionally scarred veteran, must investigate the murder of one of the others, who was turned into
The economically deprived come into contact with the criminal court system in sorely disproportionate numbers. Should economic deprivation then figure in the administration of criminal law? And if so,
