Michael O'Keefe
Kindle Edition | Pages: 414 pages Rating: 4.24 | 186 Users | 34 Reviews
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SHOT TO PIECES is the story of NYPD 1st Grade Detective Padraig Joseph Durr. Durr is tasked with solving a particularly grisly gang related homicide in Brooklyn. When Paddy catches the squeal, he is also on the verge of an emotional and psychological breakdown. Because of his penchant for self-destruction, fueled by a childhood of abuse and sexual exploitation, coupled with an ingrained sense of worthlessness and abandonment, Durr has brought his entire life to the brink of ruin. Can he hold it together long enough to solve this murder? Can he fix himself enough to be re-united with the one true love of his life and his family? Or will he implode, irrevocably destroying his career, his family and himself?Declare About Books Shot to Pieces
| Title | : | Shot to Pieces |
| Author | : | Michael O'Keefe |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 414 pages |
| Published | : | July 20th 2016 by Lulu Publishing Services |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Fiction. Adult. Novels. New Adult. Contemporary |
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Ratings: 4.24 From 186 Users | 34 ReviewsComment On About Books Shot to Pieces
Excellent bookThis book brought me back in time. Easily one of the best police books I have read. I am already anticipating the next in what I hope is a series.Shot to Pieces is Michael OKeefes first novel and its noteworthy for its grittiness and honesty, sort of like the author himself. A look at OKeefes photo reveals a burly man with an impressive tattoo on one arm and an angelic face that is comforting at first glance. Im sure some evildoer facing him across an interrogation table would be struck by a disarming combination of gentle soul and fiendish crime (and face) buster.His story is about a contemporary murder investigation, drugs in NYC,
{Live 60-second review here: http://bit.ly/ShotToPieces }Not bad, not great. Thats how I initially felt during the first few chapters of Shot to Pieces. At times, the writing style and choice of words made me feel like I got punched between the eyes. Detective Paddy Durr possesses a greater command of the English language than most people I know. Todays detective stories rarely have the main character drop an f-bomb and the word miscreant in the same sentence. Never having traveled through the
I just finished a thoroughly well written and entertaining novel called SHOT TO PIECES by Michael OKeefe. OKeefe is a retired first grade detective with the N.Y.P.D. Believe me, Det. OKeefe knows of what he writes. I could not help becoming thoroughly engrossed in the lives of the of the detectives and the officers of which he writes so eloquently. Mr. Okeefe is a tremendous writer who has a brilliant talent for retelling of what no doubt are true stories. He leaves the reader feeling like he
Detective Padraig (Paddy for short) Joseph Durr is a true crime-fighter. He works for the New York Police Department and he does not shy away from all the blood and guts that someone who started out as a policeman and later get promoted to detective face on a daily basis.. The main plot of the book involves Latin gangs there in New York City who shoot each other when one crosses the line of another and of course Paddy and the rest of NYPD who work hard to decrease crime rates in the city. Mixed
3.5 StarsHighly interesting read, loaded with NYPD anecdotes, a love story and a punishing betrayal. Would have earned 4+ stars, were it not for its many faults, among them the characters are stereotyped: good guys are almost exclusively Irish, the bad cops and DAs are mostly Jewish or Italian. Criminals are Dominican or Puerto Rican, and the main character is simplistic, comic-book heroic with overdone self-flagellation, the broad brush painting of nearly all administrators in NYPD as
Shot to Pieces by Michael OKeefe is a 414-page police procedural fiction novel I purchased on Amazon after I received an author alert about its availability. As a former law enforcement type, I like novels written by former cops such as OKeefe. His career was much longer than mine and covered many parts of the job that I only heard about. That was only one difference. My experience was in California, he was in New York. Unless making observations at the federal level, which OKeefe does, there is
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