TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boyce,Trudy Nan
TI  - Old Bones:  Detective Sarah Alt #2
SN  - 9780399167270 (hardback)
AV  - PS3602.O927 O43 2017
U1  - 813/.6 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New York
PB  - G.P. Putnam's Sons
KW  - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
KW  - FICTION / Crime
KW  - Mystery fiction
KW  - gsafd
N2  - "A timely and penetrating mystery about the intersection of policing, racism, and the community--set in a city at its boiling point--from an author who's been in the trenches and seen it all.  A senseless act of violence.  During a vigil calling for police reform, students from Spelman College, a historically black women's institution, are assaulted by rifle fire from a passing vehicle. On her way to interview witnesses, Detective Sarah "Salt" Alt confronts the fleeing vehicle of the suspects, but they get away.  A city in turmoil.  While other detectives take the lead on the Spelman murders, Salt is tasked to investigate the case of a recently discovered decomposed body. When she combs through the missing-persons reports, it becomes clear the victim is a girl Salt took into custody two years before, and Salt feels a grave responsibility to learn the truth about how the girl died. But before she can pursue any leads, Salt is called onto emergency riot detail--in the wake of theassault on theSpelman students, Atlanta has reached the boiling point.  In a city burdened by history and a community erupting in pain and anger, Salt must delve into the past for answers. A gripping and astute story about what it means to serve and protect, Old Bones solidifies Trudy Nan Boyce as an evocative, authoritative voice in crime fiction"--
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