A stunning debut that combines the mystery and action of a first-rate police thriller with a deep and sympathetic picture of one man's futile effort to escape his past. A Minotaur First Edition Selection.
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A stunning debut that combines the mystery and action of a first-rate police thriller with a deep and sympathetic picture of one man's futile effort to escape his past. A Minotaur First Edition Selection.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author In his first appearance, a low-priority murder case draws NYPD detective Jack Leightner back to the neighborhood of his troubled youth. Edgar nominee for Best First Novel. First printing. Spine ends gently bumped with corresponding crimps to the Brodart covered jacket, one page corner creased. Signed by Cohen on the title page.
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Like New. [Signed, 1st ed. ] Flat signed by author on title page. Hardcover and dust jacket. Fine binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. *Autographed by author. *
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7æ-9æ" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 294 pages. Stated first edition, first printing with full number line. Author's first novel, a murder mystery set in Red Hook, Brooklyn. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, appears like new. A pristine copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.
If you look for "Red Hook," you will find it listed as a "mystery." Hah! Don't believe that for one minute. Sure, there are a couple of murders and some good police investigation. However, the heart and soul of this book is about a man's search for himself...for acceptance of things past and the capacity to open his heart to the future.
Jack Leightner, a 50-year old divorced man, is a detective in a special homicide squad in Brooklyn. Jack is Brooklyn born and bred and has never had the desire to leave. I have often heard people say they like the sense of place they get from a book. If you want to spend some time in the real Brooklyn, this is your book. Mr. Cohen has captured the cultural differences of each neighborhood in that borough of New York.
When a man is found dead in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, Jack and his special homicide unit are assigned the case. The circumstances surrounding this murder are a true to mystery to him and his partner. Why would anyone want to kill a Dominican janitor in such a brutal manner? In his tireless search for the answer, Jack not only confronts his childhood which was spent in Red Hook, but the future of this area of Brooklyn whose golden days seem long past.
Jack's exploration into his darkest and deepest hidden fears bring him face to face with his relationships with both the dead and the living. He tries to come to terms with a strained relationship with his dead father and his feelings about his younger brother who died at thirteen. While doing this, he is trying to reconnect with his 20-something son and enter into his first meaningful relationship with a woman in almost 20 years.
The ending of this book is second only to that of "The 25th Hour." I couldn't turn the last 20 pages fast enough. Like the famous roller coaster ride in Coney Island, Mr. Cohen takes you on a heart-thumping ride that sends you soaring and plummeting time and again. This does not end until the very last page when you can catch your breath and get off the ride.
With the publication of, among others, "The Bottoms," The 25th Hour" and "Mystic River, the mystery novel has joined the ranks of fine literature. Add "Red Hook" to this impressive list.
Five stars does not do this book justice. Pick up a copy and see if you're not rooting for Jack.
