The Cleanup
  • Published: 15 December 2006
  • ISBN: 9780440242826
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $16.99

The Cleanup

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Matthew Worth is a mess. Somewhere between a good cop and a bad screwup, he botched a marriage and a career. His fellow officers think he’s a joke. His commanders are tired of cutting him breaks. Even his wife has left him for a flashy homicide detective. Busted to night patrol at a robbery-prone Omaha supermarket, Worth is doing time, wearing his uniform and asking shoppers if they want paper or plastic. If that isn’t enough, he suspects he might be falling for Gwen, the shy checkout girl who may be an even bigger mess than he is. It couldn’t get any worse. Until it does.

When Gwen comes to him one night scared and desperate for help, Worth discovers just how far he’s willing to go to protect and serve. The next thing he knows, he’s driving a stolen car with a corpse in the trunk, a pistol in the glove box, and no way to turn back. Everything he doesn’t know could get them killed. And things haven’t even begun to get messy yet....
  • Published: 15 December 2006
  • ISBN: 9780440242826
  • Imprint: Bantam Dell
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $16.99
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"Rain Dogs is a full-press body-parts exerciser: a heart-stopping, gut-clenching, eye-opening, brain-tingling effort."--The Chicago Tribune

"A superb, suspenseful tale filled with the droll expressions and ambiguous gestures of Nebraska natives. ... A beautifully written work with idiosyncratic humor and a lot of heart."--The Wall Street Journal

"[Readers will be] drawn in by the quality and authenticity of the writing. Doolittle's lean, mean prose evokes the hardscrabble territory of the Nebraska badlands that serve as the story's setting. His style is likewise stark and spare, casting the story in the hardboiled tradition of James M. Cain and Jim Thompson."--Chicago Sun-Times

"As long as there are writers like Sean Doolittle out there, American crime fiction has got a sterling future ahead of it."--Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River and Shutter Island