CONEY ISLAND AVENUE

J.L. ABRAMO

I absolutely loved this book. Mr. Abramo is one of my favorite writers. After reading GRAVESEND, I begged his publisher to have Mr. Abramo write a sequel. And what a sequel it is. Not only is it a continuation of GRAVESEND but even better. It stands by itself as a deeply involving, glorious, amusing, entertaining, and tremendously satisfying procedural. This is how great Coney Island Avenue is:

I was all over the boroughs this past week. The day before leaving I told my wife I was going to Coney Island. I wanted to get a first-hand look at the locations that had mesmerized me so much. Some of you may remember that on January seventh New York experienced a snowstorm. I was undeterred by the snow and only did not complete my mission due to my wife's insistence.

I demand, plead, and cajole you to read this book. Mr. Abramo knows how to write cops, criminals, and everyone in between. And I implore him to write another entry in this outstandingly excellent series.