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Name: The Last Policeman
Rating: 3.888888888888 (9 reviews)
Author: Ben H. Winters

When the asteroid 2011GV1 is doomed to hit Earth in six months, detective Hank Palace continues to patrol a United States on the edge of collapse—economies faltering, crops failing, and churches overflowing. Amid widespread suicides, a hanging death in a rough city appears suspicious, and Palace is the lone officer who pursues it. The novel weaves a crime mystery with philosophical questions about civilization, value, and what we would do if our time were limited.

First publish date: 2012

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural

Authors: Ben H. Winters

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