Cop Job, Chris Knopf
Cop Job, Chris Knopf
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Cop Job

Author: Chris Knopf

Narrator: Keith Szarabajka

Unabridged: 7 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2015

Synopsis

It’s bad enough when someone you know is brutally murdered; it’s worse when the guy was a paranoid schizophrenic helplessly bound to a wheelchair. Sam Acquillo and Jackie Swaitkowski tried to look after Alfie Aldergreen, as had others around the Village of Southampton, but now they were forced to wonder what else they could have done.One thing is for certain, Alfie’s killers are about to know what it means to murder a friend of Sam—former corporate troubleshooter, former professional boxer, and all-around ornery bulldog—and Jackie, a defense lawyer often described as an avenging angel.This sixth installment in the Sam Acquillo Hamptons mystery series brings back Knopf’s ensemble of famously eccentric and involving characters, not the least of which is Sam’s mutt, Eddie Van Halen. Not just a crime story, it examines the fraught intersection of wealth, culture, politics, and the ravages of an ugly war. Combining beautiful watery settings with a unique look into the underbelly of the Hamptons, it’s a mystery you won’t find anywhere else.

About Chris Knopf

Chris Knopf’s mystery novels have received exceptional awards and accolades, with critics likening his character Sam Aquillo to Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade, Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe, and Robert B. Parker’s Spenser, while repeatedly comparing Knopf’s work to that of Elmore Leonard, John D. MacDonald, and Ross Macdonald. Two Time was one of thirteen mysteries listed as recommended summer reading in the New York Times Book Review, and Publishers Weekly chose it as one of the “Best 100 Books for 2006.” Head Wounds won the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Mystery. Dead Anyway was listed on the 2012 Best Fiction lists of both Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Knopf is a sailor, cabinetmaker, and advertising executive in Connecticut. He and his wife Mary also spend considerable time at their Long Island home in Southampton.

About Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka has appeared in many films, including The Dark Knight, Missing, and A Perfect World, and on such television shows as The Equalizer, Angel, Cold Case, Golden Years, and Profit. Szarabajka has also appeared in several episodes of Selected Shorts for National Public Radio. He won the 2001 Audie Award for Unabridged Fiction for his reading of Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates and has won several Earphones Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by CarolineFromConcord on April 02, 2016

An enjoyable, competent mystery with a complex plot -- maybe a few too many clues left until the end, but lots of suspects and lots of atmosphere. In this series by Chris Knopf, former boxer, former corporate executive Sam Acquillo helps solves problems the police can't handle alone. "Cop Job" starts......more

Goodreads review by Karen on December 21, 2022

Sam Acquillo addition a winner with narrator Szarabajka Chris Knopf pens a complex mystery as Sam Acquillo has his hands full with several crimes. Keith Szarabajka’s range of precise vocals goes above and beyond. Subplots galore, many suspicious and snarky characters make for an intent listen. Szarab......more

Goodreads review by Emily on August 14, 2020

When Sam Acquillo finds out that a mentally disabled man he had befriended was brutally murdered, he set out to find the culprit. He subsequently finds out that another man has been murdered and rumor has it that both men were undercover informants for the local police.......more

Goodreads review by Hazel on May 16, 2024

Fun enough, but by the end of almost all of the offerings in the series, I don't feel like I know the characters well enough to really even recognize the who that dunnit. Kind of frustrating because Knopf is a decent writer.......more

Goodreads review by Andy on June 01, 2021

A welcome return to form after the disaster that was Black Swan. This one included the normal cast of characters and had far less of a convoluted plot. While the narrator remained 4 to 5 steps behind Rudnicki and Ferrone, he was passable this time around.......more

Quotes

“Cop Job delivers not only smart and sassy characters, but a nifty narrative full of intriguing plot complications…Knopf has a fine eye for the quiet beauty of the East End, and he knows how to fashion a theme about the quirks of human nature that also allows for some timely, trenchant social criticism.” NPR

“In Knopf’s enjoyable sixth Hamptons mystery Sam Acquillo, a former corporate troubleshooter turned carpenter, joins forces with attorney Jackie Swaitkowski, the star of her own series, when a murder case threatens to get ugly…Sam and Jackie once again make a formidable team as he searches for answers and payback.” Publishers Weekly

“Maintains the high standards of previous entries: smooth prose style, brisk dialogue, smart plotline, well-drawn characters, keen sense of place. Another winner from a consistently strong author.” Booklist

“Sam [dives] ever deeper into the murky waters of past and present felonies…The fog gets so thick, in fact that some readers will doubt Knopf can cut through it all. But he does, with a keen, deadly final stroke that makes this sixth case one of Sam’s best.” Kirkus Reviews

“Knopf has a touch I like—cool, careful, reflective—and a great ear for the comic eccentricities of the human voice.” New York Times Book Review, praise for the author

“Knopf writes with the grace of an angel and the intensity of a demon, and his stories are perfectly plotted.” Richmond Times-Dispatch, praise for the author

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