Shining CityNPR Best Book of 2017 A polished and gripping political debut that Michael Connelly calls an edge of your seat thriller, Shining City is set in DC amid a harrowing Supreme Court nomination fight. Amazing. . . . Pulses with momentum. . . . A debut that will be remembered for years. Michael Connelly Peter Rena is a fixer. He and his partner, Randi Brooks, earn their living making the problems of the powerful disappear. They get their biggest job yet

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A huge sense of relief marked the end of hostilities

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