Dog Killer Of Utica, The

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andquot;Dirty Harry of Literary Criticismandquot; Frank Lentricchia launches book two of his new mystery series, featuring Eliot Conte, a PI whoand#39;s andquot;part Mike Hammer and part William S. Burroughs... an instant original,andquot; according to the Washington Post. Eliot Conteand#39;s story is pure noir, as he hunts for a local dog killer in ways that donand#39;t always adhere to the law. This novel features the hard diction and the fast pace of the best Italian-American crime fiction. Lentricchiaand#39;s portrayal of upstate New York--Richard Russo territory--is equally unnerving and poignant.After the events of The Accidental Pallbearer, Eliot Conte decides to leave the private eye game and return to his great love: teaching American literature. He has also embarked on a relationship with Catherine Cruz, the attractive and smart policewoman he met while unravelling the story of his fatherand#39;s involvement with a major Mob hit in the 70s, back in the days when Utica was andquot;the Sin City of the East.andquot; But the peace doesnand#39;t last long: one of Eliotand#39;s students, a Bosnian Muslim, disappears, leaving a trail of texts and emails that suggest a terrorism plot underway, and meanwhile, the tightknit community is disturbed by a series of brutal murders of pet dogs. Eliot thinks thereand#39;s more to it than a random madman, and that, in fact, the killings might be a message meant for Eliot himself. With the help of Catherine and a teenage hacker, Uticaand#39;s most reluctant and most opera-loving private detective gets back into business.