Buried on Avenue B - A Novel

Zusatztext "De Jonge he tells his story with style! a generous helping of whimsy and a sharp eye for the odd corners and myriad eccentricities of Manhattan." Informationen zum Autor Peter de Jonge is the author of Shadows Still Remain and coauthor of three books with James Patterson: Miracle on the 17th Green and the number one New York Times bestsellers Beach Road and The Beach House . He worked as a reporter at the Associated Press and has been a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and other publications. He lives in New York City. Klappentext A home nurse shows up at Homicide South and reports a confession to NYPD Detective Darlene O'Hara. Gus Henderson! a former junkie suffering from Alzheimer's! claims that 17 years ago! he murdered his partner and buried him in a park on Avenue B. When the police reluctantly agree to excavate! they find a body—just not the one they were looking for. The cops unearth the skeleton of a young boy! neatly dressed and buried ceremoniously. O'Hara must now find the murderer of a child! and the trail leads from the seediest corners of the city to a sleepy retirement community in Florida. Driving headlong into the urban underbelly! O'Hara uncovers a criminal tribe who preys only on the weak! but can she stop the cycle before another child is lost? Zusammenfassung Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as an “utterly irresistible heroine!” Darlene O’Hara—the brilliant! hard-living! obsessive! and somewhat self-destructive detective introduced in Peter de Jonge’s acclaimed crime fiction masterwork Shadows Still Remain —returns in Buried on Avenue B . An edgy and suspenseful noir thriller! Buried on Avenue B traverses the gritty landscape of New York’s Lower East Side and the more sordid corners of Sarasota! Florida! as a gruesome and unexpected discovery in a makeshift Alphabet City grave heats up a 17-year-old cold case. James Patterson calls Darlene O’Hara “one of the freshest! hippest detective creations in many a year!” and the New York Times has described Peter de Jonge’s writing as “in the noirish! character-driven vein of Dennis Lehane or Michael Connelly.” For fans of serious crime fiction! Peter de Jonge is a must-read! and Detective Darlene O’Hara is cop to be reckoned with. ...

Product details

• Authors: Peter De Jonge
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2012
• EAN: 9780062107152
• ISBN: 978-0-06-210715-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Darlene O'Hara Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Thrillers / General, FICTION: Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural