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May 31, 1883, 3:55 p.m. Twenty thousand men, women, and children, their faces shining in the late afternoon sun, are strolling the Eighth Wonder of the World. The Brooklyn Bridge is open just a week, its promenade a magnet for the teeming masses of New York and Brooklyn. Anxious to escape the heat, overcrowding, and disease of the tenements, thousands stream onto the soaring span. To breathe free, high above the choking confines of the city is an experience like no other. An engineering marvel of transcending beauty, the bridge is simply breathtaking. In precisely five minutes, it will fall. Seven desperate men, former Confederate soldiers turned saboteurs, have labored for years to destroy the bridge. A symbol of hated Yankee supremacy, the bridge is the creation of Chief Engineer, Washington Roebling. They have stalked him down through the years, with hatred born of bitter loss. His actions at Gettysburg have earned him terrible retribution. It is his bridge, his life's work that will pay the price. The river will run red but for one man. Sergeant Detective Tom Braddock is one step behind the conspirators. Working through a series of murderous dead-ends, Braddock has dogged the seven men from the cables of the bridge to the shadowy alleys of the Lower East Side and the back streets of Richmond, Virginia. With the help of an eager roundsman, new to the force, he has slowly drawn closer to the unthinkable truth, a truth that none can accept. Braddock's adversaries are many. Enemies within the police department seek to draw him deeper into a cesspool of corruption from which there seems no escape. To lose that battle is to surrender all hope, for his hands are far from clean already. Braddock must prevail against the enemy within if the bridge is to be saved. It is the love of Mary, the captivating Madame of a mid-town brothel that helps him find the way. Their fates are bound together, as surely as they are bound to the bridge. But it is Mike, a boy of the tenements, who literally holds the key to all their futures. Suspension is a riveting historical thriller filled with fascinating details of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

About the Author :
Richard E. Crabbe has a 20-year career in advertising sales with Advance Publications, The New York Post, Times Mirror, and currently Time Warner. Suspension was penned substantially on the Staten Island ferry, commuting to Manhattan. He is a lifelong resident of Staten Island, where his wife Kim and three daughters, Chelsea, Amanda, and Rebecca have him happily outnumbered.

Review :
- "The San Francisco Chronicle " "[Crabbe] pulls back from the criminal mind to offer panoramic views of the consequences of history. Suspension may not be as breathtaking as the Brooklyn Bridge, but Crabbe knows how to demolish all resistance." - "The LA Times" "Crabbe debuts with a cunningly imagined historical fiction...[a] richly atmostpheric thriller." - "Publishers Weekly" "First novelist Crabbe is a thoughtful writer...His suspenseful, well-researched historical will have Caleb Carr fans asking for more. Comparisons to "The Alienist" are well-earned." - "Library Journal" "Superb detail and abundant action make this a solid page-turner." - "Kirkus ""Reviews" Few authors have been able to match [Caleb] Carr's knack for combining modern pacing and plot twists with the scholarship and research needed to bring an earlier age to life. A notable exception is Richard E. Crabbe...One hell of a fine yarn. First novelist Crabbe is a thoughtful writer...His suspenseful, well-researched historical will have Caleb Carr fans asking for more. Comparisons to The Alienist are well-earned. Library Journal Few authors have been able to match [Caleb] Carr's knack for combining modern pacing and plot twists with the scholarship and research needed to bring an earlier age to life. A notable exception is Richard E. Crabbe...One hell of a fine yarn. The San Francisco Chronicle Crabbe debuts with a cunningly imagined historical fiction...[a] richly atmostpheric thriller. Publishers Weekly [Crabbe] pulls back from the criminal mind to offer panoramic views of the consequences of history. Suspension may not be as breathtaking as the Brooklyn Bridge, but Crabbe knows how to demolish all resistance. The LA Times Superb detail and abundant action make this a solid page-turner. Kirkus Reviews " First novelist Crabbe is a thoughtful writer...His suspenseful, well-researched historical will have Caleb Carr fans asking for more. Comparisons to "The Alienist" are well-earned. "Library Journal" Few authors have been able to match [Caleb] Carr's knack for combining modern pacing and plot twists with the scholarship and research needed to bring an earlier age to life. A notable exception is Richard E. Crabbe...One hell of a fine yarn. "The San Francisco Chronicle" Crabbe debuts with a cunningly imagined historical fiction...[a] richly atmostpheric thriller. "Publishers Weekly" [Crabbe] pulls back from the criminal mind to offer panoramic views of the consequences of history. Suspension may not be as breathtaking as the Brooklyn Bridge, but Crabbe knows how to demolish all resistance. "The LA Times" Superb detail and abundant action make this a solid page-turner. "Kirkus Reviews"" Praise for "Suspension" "First novelist Crabbe is a thoughtful writer...His suspenseful, well-researched historical will have Caleb Carr fans asking for more. Comparisons to "The Alienist" are well-earned." - "Library Journal" "Few authors have been able to match [Caleb] Carr's knack for combining modern pacing and plot twists with the scholarship and research needed to bring an earlier age to life. A notable exception is Richard E. Crabbe...One hell of a fine yarn." - "The San Francisco Chronicle " "Crabbe debuts with a cunningly imagined historical fiction...[a] richly atmostpheric thriller." - "Publishers Weekly" "[Crabbe] pulls back from the criminal mind to offer panoramic views of the consequences of history. Suspension may not be as breathtaking as the Brooklyn Bridge, but Crabbe knows how to demolish all resistance." - "The LA Times" "Superb detail and abundant action make this a solid page-turner." - "Kirkus ""Reviews"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781429972567
  • Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Thomas Dunne Books
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: 1 Tom Braddock
  • ISBN-10: 1429972564
  • Publisher Date: 19 Jul 2002
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 480


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