Night Train: A Novel

Newly reissued for the modern reader, a satirical literary noir in which the female detective Mike Hoolihan must solve the apparent suicide of her friend’s daughter—now with an introduction by Jennifer Egan.

For Detective Mike Hoolihan, life is a never-ending cycle of the same dull, drab things. Her work on the police force is unsatisfying, her marriage near unbearable, and the call of a good bottle of whisky a constant, dangerous siren song.

When Mike’s close friend, Colonel Tom, comes to h...