Laws of Annihilation
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4.6 • 13 Ratings
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
"Eriq La Salle has emerged as a terrific writer with unique gifts." —Don Winslow, #1 international bestselling author
A war is brewing in New York City, and no one can stop it.
With grit, relentless action, and twists you'll never see coming, Laws of Annihilation is the third installment in the highly-acclaimed Martyr Maker series by Eriq La Salle.
It's another blistering summer in New York City, and a sweltering heat wave stifles the area. Hostility between the Hasidic and Black communities has been steadily increasing since a tragic incident left a Black teenager dead. When two rabbis are killed in a gruesome attack on their synagogue, it has all the signs of retaliation.
The entire city is on edge.
Through it all, Agent Janet Maclin's dreams of becoming the FBI's first female director come crashing down when she receives some devastating news. In spite of it all, she's determined to help NYPD detectives Quincy Cavanaugh and Phee Freeman find the rabbis' killer as more hate crimes put the city on the brink of all-out war. As the body count climbs with the temperature and the tensions, time is running out for Maclin in more ways than one.
Apart from his critically-acclaimed thriller titles, La Salle is a masterful mystery/crime storyteller. He may be best known for his acting roles in productions such as ER, Coming to America, and Logan, but his background in crime fiction was finely honed as he directed and executive produced countless episodes of popular shows such as Law & Order, Law and Order SVU, Law & Order: Organized Crime, CSI: NY, and Chicago PD with Dick Wolf.
Praise for Eriq La Salle’s Martyr Maker Series
"Laws of Wrath is all thriller; no filler—a white knuckled treat." —James Patterson, New York Times bestselling author
"Laws of Depravity is a gritty crime thriller, spiritual quest, and love story all woven into one compelling tale.” —Publishers Weekly
“Fast paced…Characters are richly textured [and] none is without faults.” —Kirkus Reviews, for Laws of Wrath
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
La Salle captures the racial tensions of contemporary New York City in his gripping third thriller featuring FBI agent Janet Maclin and NYPD officers Phee Freeman and Quincy Cavanaugh (after 2023's Laws of Wrath). Maclin, who had hopes of becoming the Bureau's first female director, learns from her oncologist that she has, at most, four months to live. Her first instinct is to visit her close friends Freeman and Cavanaugh, but before she can tell them the news, the officers receive word that Reform rabbis Israel and David Abramovitz have been found dead in their Manhattan synagogue with their hands and feet severed. The twin brothers recently attempted to cool down tensions between New York City's Hasidic and Black populations following a Black teenager's death at the hands of Hasids. The Abramovitzes were also vocal supporters of the city's Black mayor, Rocky Henderson, who demands justice by any means necessary. Maclin, Freeman, and Cavanaugh launch a tense inquiry that La Salle, as is his trademark, takes pains to make plausible (as Maclin notes: "Good police work... was monotonous and nitpicking"). Thankfully, La Salle manages to get the details right while keeping his foot on the gas and making space to explore his leads' inner lives. This series has yet to stumble.
