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Overview

Hell Hole is the fourth book in the mystery series featuring former hardened military PD and current Sea Haven, NJ police officer John Ceepak and his partner, wise-cracking Danny Boyle. In Hell Hole, Ceepak is confronted with his most personal case yet when he must investigate the alleged suicide of a military corporal who recently returned from Iraq. When it turns out that this "locked stall" rest stop suicide is anything but an open-and-shut case, Ceepak and Boyle realize that the corporal might have been privvy to information that opens up a much larger conspiracy that strikes at the heart of our involvement in the Middle East, and puts them on the wrong side of some very unpleasant people...

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In bestseller Rendell's superb 21st Inspector Wexford mystery (after 2005's End in Tears), the British police detective investigates first one, then two male bodies that turn up on the old Grimble property in the insular hamlet of Flagford. Who were these men? Are their deaths related? Older people fill this wise and nuanced story—sleepy, bitter and disengaged—since no "current" crime is at stake, just these two literal skeletons from the past. Among the suspects in the bizarre case are dying fantasy novelist Owen Tredown, who lives with two loopy women, Claudia and Maeve, his divorced first and second wives, in a hideous Victorian manor. Outside groups—including members of the Somali community and itinerant fruit-pickers—tantalize with their secrets and idiosyncrasies. The suspense persists until the book's final sentences, when the last pieces of the puzzle click elegantly yet unexpectedly into place. (June)

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Iraq war vet commits suicide...or is it murder?When young police officer Danny Boyle and his temporary partner Samantha (Sam) Starky answer a complaint about excessive noise, they find a group of hard-partying Iraq War vets. Just as Boyle and Starky are leaving, Sgt. Dale Dixon takes an emergency call about one of his men. At a rest area off the Garden State Parkway, Pvt. Shareef Smith is found in a bathroom stall with his brains blown out and drug paraphernalia strewn around, an apparent suicide. Something bothers Boyle, but he can't put his finger on it. It takes his regular partner, rugged John Ceepak, to explode the suicide theory and open his eyes to a wealth of suspects: a pair of chop-shop guys called Nicky and Mr. Shrimp; Smith's fellow grunt Worthington, whose powerful father plans a presidential run; and Dixon, who openly disliked Smith. Dixon gives Ceepak, himself an Iraq War veteran, 24 hours to solve the crime before he and his men raise hell. The methodical Ceepak makes progress, but the unexpected arrival of his alcoholic dad threatens to throw him off course. The key to the mystery may lie in Smith's missing camera. A solid entry in the Ceepak series (Whack a Mole, 2007, etc.). Grabenstein economically limns an array of characters and has a great ear for dialogue, but Boyle's first-person narrative sometimes strains for laughs.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780312565619
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
  • Publication date: 5/26/2009
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 304
  • Sales rank: 882,799
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.20 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

CHRIS GRABENSTEIN is the award-winning author of four previous novels. Chris lives in New York City with his beloved wife J.J., three cats and a dog.

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  • Posted August 13, 2011

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    After enjoying tilt A Whirl, I set out to read all of the John Ceepak mysteries. Hell Hole is number 4 and one of my favorites. Boyle and Ceepak make a nice pair.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 19, 2008

    Excellent John Ceepak Book

    Yet another witty, mystery by Chris Grabenstein. Sea Haven is getting dangerous and John and Danny are there to keep the peace. This is a great read and lots of fun. Danny, as the narrator, always has the wit and Ceepak always has the wisdom. Can't wait to read Grabenstein's next mystery, next summer, Mind Scrambler. Excellent.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 29, 2012

    Two MCs absolutely delightful. Great series. Hope we get another

    Two MCs absolutely delightful. Great series. Hope we get another soon.

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  • Posted November 1, 2011

    He is always great read

    LOVE this author and all of his books!!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 14, 2008

    Jersey shore ride

    As a librarian, I've put out many of Grabenstein's previous mysteries because of their colorful covers 'Tilt a Whirl, Whack a mole'..but this was the first one I read. Ceepak's moral code lends a different feel than the usual bad cop/moral conflict. I liked the Doyle character, and loved the Springsteen quotes woven in. However: in NJ, you can not buy beer in the supermarket 'in one scene', and the gas on the Turnpike is cheaper,not more expensive because the price is regulated. Other than those points, there were many familiar Jersey settings.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 22, 2012

    Stupid

    So much sware words

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 16, 2012

    Great author

    Stories grab you from the beginning.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted July 23, 2008

    An engaging police procedural

    He place is Sea Haven, New Jersey where young police officers Danny Boyle and Sam Starkey respond to a complaint. They arrive at the scene to find several Iraq War veterans noisily celebrating. The cops ask Sergeant Dale Dixon to keep it down. However, before they can leave, Dale receives a call that one of his men Corporal Shareef Smith is in trouble. Shareef¿s corpse is found in a rest room on the Garden State Parkway his brains blown out and evidence of drug use everywhere.---------------- Iraq War veteran Detective John Ceepak leads the official investigation with Danny as his junior partner. Almost immediately Ceepak tears apart the suicide theory, which leads to a squad of suspects amongst the deceased¿s brothers in arms and a couple of local chop-shop punks. As they work the case, Dixon warns Ceepak to solve it now or he will lead his unit on a rampage against any one he suspects is the killer.----------------------- This engaging police procedural contains an ensemble support cast besides the cops and the vets to include the standard bombastic senator running for president, thieves, drug dealers, and half of New Jersey making for a slack but entertaining story line. As with WHACK A MOLE and TILT A WHIRL, the comparisons between Ceepak and Boyle make the tale fun though at times that is overdone so different in attitude yet have forged a special camaraderie. Readers will appreciate their latest effort as Ceepak struggles with the case and the abrupt arrival of his dad while Boyle whines to solve it so he can chase a skirt instead of a killer.----------------- Harriet Klausner

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