Exposing the botched murder investigation of three young boys has left Milo Rigg's reputation and career as a crime-reporting journalist in tatters. But when the naked, frozen bodies of two young sisters, Priscilla and Beatrice Graves, are found down a ravine in Chicago months later, there are disturbing similarities. Are the two cases linked, and could this be Milo's chance to right the wrongs of the past?
Restored to his former reporter role, Milo is back - and he's asking uncomfortable questions again. Confronted with deception and corruption at every turn, can Milo uncover the identity of a ruthless serial killer and finally rid himself of the black cage that threatens to consume him?
Jack Fredrickson lives with his wife, Susan, west of Chicago. He is the author of seven Dek Elstrom PI mysteries, the first of which, A Safe Place for Dying, was nominated for the Shamus Award for Best First Novel, and one standalone, Silence the Dead.
Title: The Black Cage: 1 (A Milo Rigg mystery)
Author: Fredrickson, Jack
ISBN: 9781780296579
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Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2020-11-30
Number of Pages: 224
Weight: 0.3001 kg
A strong series launch . Readers will look forward to spending more time with the complex, intriguing Milo. This skillfully crafted and richly nuanced crime novel bodes well for future entries * Publishers Weekly *
A perfect setup for a procedural, and Frederickson delivers a solid one * Booklist *
Well crafted. sure to garner new fans for this delightfully eccentric detective series * Publishers Weekly on Tagged for Murder *
The writing here is splendid, echoing genre veteran Loren D. Estleman, and Dek Elstrom is the kind of guy we genuinely like spending time with * Booklist on Hidden Graves *
A satisfyingly hard-boiled crime novel * Publishers Weekly on Hidden Graves *
The criminals are clever and the detective even more clever, making Fredrickson's sixth case one of his best * Kirkus Reviews on Hidden Graves *
Fans of hard-boiled detective fiction will find a lot to like * Publishers Weekly on The Confessors' Club *
He (Fredrickson) deftly engages in classic, hard-boiled tropes... - not many journalism thrillers get as much right as this one does. * The Chicago Tribune *