The Last Good Day

By Peter Blauner

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

The Last Good Day (2003) is Peter Blauner's thriller set in a prosperous Hudson River suburb two weeks after September 11, when a headless body washes up by the train station. Photographer Lynn Schulman and her husband Barry watch their sense of safety unravel as Detective Lieutenant Michael Fallon, Lynn's high-school boyfriend, investigates the murder of her friend Sandi Lanier and begins to haunt their marriage. The case opens onto small-town secrets, unrequited longing and the frayed nerves of a community living with fresh grief.

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