The acclaimed author of City of the Sun returns with a relentlessly taut new novel featuring enigmatic private investigator Frank Behr and the American heartland setting that has won David Levien critical raves.
In an Indianapolis underground parking structure, Frank Behr is on an executive protection detail for Bernard ��ernie Cool��Kolodnik, a hard-driving business mogul on the verge of making a move into big-time Indiana politics. Behr is working for an exclusive investigation company, and it�� an uncomfortable fit, both literally and philosophi簫cally. The uneasy stability is quickly rocked by a burst of automatic weapons fire as an attempt is made on the promi簫nent client, and Behr manages to protect him and repel the attackers. Though Behr is celebrated for his heroism, he can�� help but investigate what happened in that garage��nd why the Indianapolis cops seem to be burying the incident.
As David Levien has masterfully done in his previous nov簫els, he weaves a crime story that is teeming with real charac簫ters and electric energy��entered on the brooding psyche of Frank Behr. Thirteen Million Dollar Pop is unyieldingly compelling and will give readers yet another reason to enlist with this superbly talented writer.
From the Hardcover edition.