Buried on Avenue B A Novel

Peter de Jonge

eBook - 2012

Brilliant detective Darlene O'Hara returns in "a pleasing blend of comedy and crime" from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Shadows Still Remain (The Washington Post Book World).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 seventeen-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 Mich...ael 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."De Jonge's cop humor is true to life and the crime is true to the city. He also does sweet... more