The Glass Factory: A Filomena Buscarsela Mystery

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Ex-NYPD cop Filomena Buscarsela is back. This time, the tough-talking, street-smart Latina heroine sets her sights on seemingly idyllic suburbia, where an endless sea of green lawns hides a toxic trail of money and murder. When Filomena discovers that a high-tech Long Island factory is spewing poisons into the water supply, she's sure that the contaminator is none other than her nemesis, a cutthroat industrial polluter with an airtight financial empire. Armed only with an axe to grind, the gutsy Filomena knows she'll have to play dirty to clean up the neighbourhood.

Reviews

"Wishnia writes with brio, energy, rage, passion, and humor. Brash, sassy, smart, and indomitable, Filomena is purely a force of nature, and The Glass Factory is another winner."
--Booklist

"Riveting circumstances, a strongly focused plot, and ably described settings make this essential reading."
--Library Journal

"Mother and daughter are so appealing, and the case against an unscrupulous businessman is put together so compellingly, the tale keeps one reading to its bittersweet end."
--Boston Globe

"Filomena Buscarsela [is] an irreverent, intrepid, Ecuadorian-born, former New York City cop with the savvy of Erin Brockovich and the stamina of Wonder Woman."
--Newsday

"Filomena Buscarsela [is] a Latina heroine with the epic appeal of Everywoman. The world's a mess, but Filomena's still fighting. It's that perspective that sets Wishnia apart--there's nothing else out there remotely like his books."
--Rocky Mountain News

Author Bio

Kenneth Wishnia is an associate professor of English at Suffolk Community College and the author of the Filomena Buscarsela Mystery series, the first of which was nominated for both the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, and made the Booklist "Best First Mystery" list. He is also the author five other novels, including The Fifth Servant and Red House. Reed Farrel Coleman is an adjunct professor at Hofstra University and the former executive vice president of Mystery Writers of America. He has published 14 novels, including seven books in the Moe Prager series. They both live on Long Island.