A Cold Case

A few years ago, Andy Rosenzweig, an inspector for the Manhattan District Attorney's office, was abruptly reminded of an old, unsolved double homicide. It bothered him that Frankie Koehler, the notoriously dangerous suspect, had eluded capture & was still at large. Rosenzweig had known the victims of the crime, for they were childhood friends from the South Bronx: Richie Glennon, a Runyonesque ex-prizefighter at home with both cops & criminals; & Pete McGinn, a spirited restaurauteur & father of four. He resolved to find the killer & close the case. In a surprising, intensely dramatic narrative, Philip Gourevitch brings together the story of Andy Rosenzweig's pursuit with a mesmerizing account of Frankie Koehler's criminal personality & years on the lam. A Cold Case carries us deep into the lives & minds, the passions & perplexities of an extraordinary cop & an extraordinary criminal whose lives were entwined over three decades. Set in a New York City that has all but disappeared, & written with a keen ear for the vibrant idiom of the colorful men & women who peopled its streets, this is nonetheless a book for our times. Gourevitch masterfully transforms a criminal investigation into a searching literary reckoning with the forces that drive one man to murder, & another to hunt murderers.Philip Gourevitch is the author of 'A Cold Case' with ISBN 9780374125134 and ISBN 0374125139.