About the Book
What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway?
Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months
until impact.
The Last Policeman presents a fascinating
portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. The economy spirals
downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are
packed. People all over the world are walking off the job — but not Hank
Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a
dozen suicides every week — except this one feels suspicious, and Palace
is the only cop who cares.
The first in a trilogy, The Last Policeman offers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace’s
investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we’re confronted by hard questions way beyond “whodunit.” What basis does civilization
rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we
really do, if our days were numbered?
