Murder by Definition

Police corruption, mayhem and murder in New York City . . . Truth is stranger than fiction in the fourth 42nd Street Library mystery, starring crime-fiction librarian - and reluctant amateur sleuth - Ray Ambler.

About the author

Con Lehane is a mystery writer, living in Washington, DC. He is the author of the 42nd Street Library mysteries, featuring Raymond Ambler, curator of the library's (fictional) crime fiction collection. He's also the author of three mysteries featuring New York City bartender Brian McNulty, and has published short stories in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

Over the years, he has been a college professor, union organizer and labor journalist, and has tended bar at two-dozen or so drinking establishments. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiction writing from Columbia University School of the Arts and teaches writing at The Writer's Center in Bethesda, Maryland.

Summary

Police corruption, mayhem and murder in New York City . . . Truth is stranger than fiction in the fourth 42nd Street Library mystery, starring crime-fiction librarian - and reluctant amateur sleuth - Ray Ambler.

Product details

• Authors: Con Lehane, Lehane Con
• Publisher: Canongate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2024
• EAN: 9781448313624
• ISBN: 978-1-4483-1362-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 250 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 300 g
• Series: A 42nd Street Library Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; New York, New York City, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, 21st Century, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, c 2020 to c 2029