The Last Policeman
Philadelphia, PA—May 3, 2013—Quirk Books is proud to announce that The Last Policeman by New York Times best-selling author Ben H. Winters is the winner of the 2013 Edgar® Award for Best Paperback Original. The Last Policeman is the first in a trilogy of pre-apocalyptic police procedurals and has been recognized as a best book of the month by Amazon, a best book of the week by iBookstore and Google Play, and one of the best books of 2012 by Slate.
Set six months prior to an asteroid’s 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 Detective 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.
Countdown City, the sequel to The Last Policeman, will be released on July 16, 2013.