Gabriel Cohen talks about Brooklyn and his fictional detective, Jack Leightner, at SCENE OF THE CRIME

[J. Sydney Jones]

Brooklyn as Melting Pot: Gabriel Cohen’s Jack Leightner Novels

August 26, 2010 by Scene of the Crime | Edit

Gabriel Cohen’s debut novel Red Hook was nominated for the Edgar award, and he is also the author of The Ninth Step, The Graving Dock, and Neptune Avenue, all of which feature Detective Jack Leightner of the Brooklyn South Homicide Task Force. You know a crime author is on the right track when
he gets praise not just from the usual suspects of industry mags, but
when it comes from pros like John Cornicello, Lt. Commander of the
NYPD’s Brooklyn North Homicide Squad, who said of The Graving Dock:
“A story that engages the reader from the first page, and a gripping
tale of mystery and suspense. You will be treated to a behind-the-scenes
look at a world known only to the New York detective.”

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