After the resolution of her last case, NYPD Detective Darlene O'Hara has been promoted to a new division known as "Homicide Soft" because it doesn't have a lot of cases. The slow pace changes the morning a woman walks in with information about a dead man that's been buried for years in a grave under a tree in a local park. However, the body unearthed is not that of a man, but a young boy no older than 10 who hasn't been there long.
As Darlene investigates who the boy could be, why he was killed and how he came to be buried in such an unusual manner, she undertakes a cross-country trek where each step uncovers even more bizarre aspects, as well as some very strange characters. What Darlene uncovers as she searches for the killer's identity and the reasoning behind the murder of a small boy is beyond comprehension.
Peter de Jonge continues his Darlene O'Hara series with an emotionally satisfying thriller in BURIED ON AVENUE B. The characters are believable and the plot cleverly developed to give readers a compelling reading experience. I can't wait for the next book in this outstanding series.
When a home health attendant, Paulette Williamson, appears
at Homicide South in Manhattan, she's introduced to the
NYPD's Detective Darlene O'Hara and skeptically reports the
confession of a senior citizen struggling with Alzheimer's.
Gus Henderson, a former junkie and petty criminal, claims he
murdered and buried his former partner-in-crime in a park
off 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 bodyβjust not the one they were looking for.
The cops 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. The trail takes O'Hara from the seediest corners of
the city and its cast of misguided playersβa coven of
preteen potheads in Tompkins Square Park, a sleazy art house
photographer in Chelseaβto a retirement community in South
Florida.
Driving headlong into the dark urban underbelly to find a
killer, O'Hara uncovers a tribe of criminals who brazenly
prey on the weakest members of the population, and she must
stop the cycle before yet another child is lost to the
depths of the city.
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