Finnegan's Week: A Novel (1) (Mysterious Press-highbridge Audio Classics Ser.)

By: Joseph Wambaugh

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Synopsis: A toxic spill causes a lethal chain reaction for a San Diego cop in this &“very funny&” New York Times bestseller by the author of The Choirboys (Kirkus Reviews). Fin Finnegan, a San Diego police detective and wannabe actor heading straight for a midlife meltdown, is assigned a routine truck theft that turns into a toxic chemical spill, setting off a bizarre chain reaction of death and murder on both sides of the Mexican border. Fin is forced to team up with Nell Salter, a sexy female investigator, as well as an equally fetching US Navy investigator who wants to learn all that Fin can teach her—and that&’s saying a lot. The New York Times Book Review called it &“a frolic, a joy, a hoot, a riot of a book.&” And Entertainment Weekly said, &“superbly crafted and paced, deliciously funny, but fundamentally, as always, deadly serious.&”