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Buried On Avenue B LP: A Novel (2012)

by Peter de Jonge(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0062107151 (ISBN13: 9780062107152)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

HarperLuxe

series

O’Hara & Krekorian

review 1: Okay, so I have a weak spot in my heart (and a big spot on my reading shelf) for mystery fiction. And I just don't often enough come across female detectives in my mystery novel roaming. So this was a wonderful introduction to an imperfect, interesting, quirky, loving, hard-nosed woman detective. And it takes place in a part of NYC that I remember - so that romp down memory lane was worth it. I'll definitely seek out other works by author De Jonge!
review 2: A home health attendant appears at Homicide South in Manhattan and skeptically reports the confession of a senior citizen struggling with Alzheimer's to the NYPD's Detective Darlene O'Hara. The senior, a former junkie and petty criminal, claims he murdered and buried his former partner-in-crime in a park o... moreff Avenue B more than a decade ago, a lowlife who fell off the grid and hasn't been seen since. The city agrees to excavate the alleged scene of the crime, and the police find a body--just not the one they were looking for. They unearth the skeleton of a ten-year-old boy, neatly dressed and buried ceremoniously with a comic book, a CD, some pot, and booze. Instead of an easy open-and-shut case, O'Hara is faced with finding the murderer of a child, and the pressure is on the newly promoted detective to prove herself. This was pretty good. Darlene is an interesting character and she uncovers leads in a dogged, clever way. The story moves at good pace with no predictable turns of events. I'd read another. less

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