The Last Policeman

What s the point in solving murders if we re all going to die? Detective Hank Palace has asked this question ever since asteroid 2011L47J hovered into view. Several kilometers wide, it s on a collision course with planet Earth, with just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents [...]
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What s the point in solving murders if we re all going to die? Detective Hank Palace has asked this question ever since asteroid 2011L47J hovered into view. Several kilometers wide, it s on a collision course with planet Earth, with just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. Industry is grinding to a halt. Most people have abandoned their jobs. But not Hank Palace. As our story opens, he s investigating the latest suicide in a city that s full of suicides only this one feels wrong. This one feels like homicide. And Palace is the only one who cares. What s the point in solving murders if we re all going to die? The Last Policeman offers a story we ve never read before: A police procedural set on the brink of an apocalypse. What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered?"