Ex-mob enforcer Isaiah Coledrige has hung out a shingle as a private
eye in New York's Hudson Valley, and in his newest case, a seemingly
simple murder investigation leads him to the most terrifying enemy he
has ever faced
When a small-time criminal named Harold Lee turns up in the Ashokan
reservoir--sans a heartbeat, head, or hands--the local mafia capo hires
Isaiah Coleridge to look into the matter. The mob likes crime, but only
the crime it controls . . . and as it turns out, Lee is the second
independent contractor to meet a bad end on the business side of a
serrated knife. One such death can be overlooked. Two makes a man
wonder.
A guy in Harold Lee's business would make his fair share of enemies, and
it seems a likely case of pure revenge. But as Coledrige turns over more
stones, he finds himself dragged into something deeper and more
insidious than he could have imagined, in a labyrinthine case spanning
decades. At the center are an heiress moonlighting as a cabaret dancer,
a powerful corporation with high-placed connections, and a serial killer
who may have been honing his skills since the Vietnam War. . .
A twisty, action-packed follow-up to the acclaimed Blood Standard,
Black Mountain cements Laird Barron as an inventive and remarkable
voice in crime fiction.
