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When Elder Darrow’s friend Dan Burton, a Boston Homicide cop, dies trying to stop the robbery of a liquor store, Elder is bereft. But what appears to have been a random tragedy may have, in fact, been a contract murder.
Mickey Barksdale, Boston’s chief gangster, tries to enlist Elder to find out who killed Burton, but Elder resists until events force him to investigate. In the end, the quest may cost Elder his bar, The Esposito… not to mention his life.
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“A robbery goes wrong, the wrong guy ends up dead, and Richard Cass, in his latest thriller Closing Time, has the reader hooked. In this seventh book in the Elder Darrow series, Cass uses his sure hand to further explore Boston’s criminal underworld, its powerful bosses, and the corrupt machinations necessary to control their territories.… With unfailing insight and humor, Cass deftly presents a complex and dark side of humanity and fidelity, but leaves us with a breath of new possibilities for flawed hero Elder Darrow, a man worth rooting for.”
—Jule Selbo, screenwriter, and author of the award-winning Dee Rommel Mysteries
“Cass perfectly captures Elder’s cranky incompatibility with a swiftly changing Boston, the city he loves but increasingly fails to recognize.… a satisfying ending for a man who needs to put a lot of ghosts to bed before he can figure out who he still is. A compelling and often poignant mystery about aging and loss.”
—Kirkus Reviews
