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A lifelong New Yorker, Private Investigator Rachel Alexander has lived through some rough times--from 9/11, to a difficult divorce, to cases that have taken her to the depths of the city's dark underbelly. But when wealthy business owner Eleanor Redstone approaches Rachel to ask if she can investigate her father's murder--a brutal slaying that occurred when he was pushed onto the subway tracks--Rachel takes the case, plunging herself into parts of the city only its poorest residents have show more ever known. Because to solve Gardner Redstone's murder, Rachel must disguise herself as a homeless woman and live on the streets, searching for the dispossessed man witnesses say made the fatal push. In one of the coldest winters New York City has seen in years, Rachel is helped by a homeless Iraq War veteran, a man whose sad circumstances leave Rachel pondering her own fortunate life. From critically-acclaimed author Carol Lea Benjamin, a writer the Cleveland Plain-Dealer calls "first rate," this is another illuminating look into the heart of New York, a mystery with heartbreaking characters, and a story you'll never forget. show lessTags
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Sorry to see this series end. I wish Ms Benjamin would write more about Rachel and Dash but The Hard Way was published in 2006 and she is unlikely to continue...though I still keep an eye out for a new one.
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Carol Lea Benjamin is a dog trainer and author who integrates her careers into both fiction and nonfiction writing. Benjamin's nonfiction works include, Dog Training in 10 Minutes and The Chosen Puppy: How to Select and Raise a Great Puppy from an Animal Shelter. Her fiction works include The Dog Who Knew Too Much and This Dog for Hire, which won show more the 1997 Dog Writer Association of America Award for Fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Hard Way
- Original title
- The Hard Way
- People/Characters
- Rachel Alexander; Dashiell (Dash); Eleanor Redstone; Gardner Redstone; Eddie Perkins; Eunice (show all 7); Claire Ackerman
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
- Dedication
- For Evlyn Abrams, chosen family
- First words
- Eunice saw the can of Chicken of the Sea light tuna in water at the ame time the rat did, but he was closer to it and got there first.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I took a step closer to Michael Brody, leaning against him as his arm came around me and we stayed a while longer, looking out over the river, the lights of new jersey sparkling across the way, all our obligations waiting behind us.
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.55)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 3
