A Place in the Wind, Suzanne Chazin
A Place in the Wind, Suzanne Chazin
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A Place in the Wind

Author: Suzanne Chazin

Narrator: Thom Rivera

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/26/2017


Synopsis

The disappearance of a teenage girl in upstate New York sets off a powder keg of accusations, bigotry, and fear-with deadly results-in Suzanne Chazin's stunning new thriller featuring Hispanic police detective Jimmy Vega. On a frigid, January night, a blond, blue-eyed high school girl walks out of an English class she tutors for immigrants-and vanishes. Suspicion quickly falls on the men she was teaching, many of whom are undocumented. As disturbing evidence trickles in, news of the incident spreads beyond the scenic town of Lake Holly, New York, unearthing deep-seated fears and enflaming cultural tensions. For county police detective Jimmy Vega, the situation is personal. His girlfriend, Harvard-educated attorney Adele Figueroa, heads the immigrant center where the teen volunteer disappeared. If Vega can't find the girl soon and clear Adele's clients, the place of refuge may be forced to shut its doors. Still reeling over his own recent career missteps, Vega does his best to run interference between Adele and the local police. But when Vega's boss assigns him a grunt detail working for the new county supervisor, the man's political ambitions clash with Vega's deepest convictions. Vega can't imagine a worse turn of events-until he uncovers even darker forces at play. Someone wants to destroy far more than Vega's career. And no matter which way he turns, every step will put him and his family in the killer's cross-hairs. Author bio: Suzanne Chazin won widespread acclaim for the Jimmy Vega series, including Land of Careful Shadows, A Blossom of Bright Light, and No Witness But the Moon. She is also the author of the Georgia Skeehan mystery series, including The Fourth Angel, Flashover, and Fireplay. She has twice been the recipient of the Washington Irving Book Award for fiction. Her fiction, essays, and articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, as well as the award-winning short story anthology, Bronx Noir. She lives in the New York City area. Visit her on Facebook or at www.suzannechazin.com.

About Suzanne Chazin

Suzanne Chazin is a former senior editor at editor at Reader's Digest and an award-winning journalist whose credits include articles in People and the New York Times. A member of the International Association of Arson Investigators, she has unusual access to the inner workings of the FDNY: her husband is a high-ranking chief of the FDNY and her research has included extensive interviews with many of the department's members.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on October 17, 2017

Politically charged mystery about a Trump-like figure who uses the disappearance an 18 year old white teenager to fuel his campaign to “Take Back Our Country” from undocumented immigrants. When Catherine Archer, a seemingly innocent 18 year old blue eyed blonde disappears without a trace after t......more

Goodreads review by Linda on October 22, 2017

I seem to be reading these books that have subject matter so relevant to what is going on today. I love the Jimmy Vega series and this one is exceptionally good. Ms. Chazin takes you once again into a small community co-existing side by side with an immigrant society, some legal but most not. When a......more

Goodreads review by Bonnye Reed on September 26, 2017

GNab I received a free electronic copy of this novel from Netgalley, Suzanne Chazin, and Kensington Books in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. Jimmy Vega and Adele Figueroa are an awesome couple and visiting them again was a pleasure. They just keep get......more

Goodreads review by Linda on September 24, 2017

Suzanne Chazin has taken her personal experience with outreach to the immigrant population and her considerable writing skills to produce a stellar series on one of the "hot-button" issues of the day. Jimmy Vega is a Bronx-born Hispanic cop who now lives and works in the fictional upstate New York t......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on August 21, 2017

I would like to thank Netgalley and Kensington Books for an advance copy of A Place in the Wind, the fourth novel to feature detective Jimmy Vega in New York State. Catherine Archer, a 17 year old high school student, has gone missing after doing English tutoring at La Casa, a drop in centre helping......more