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Ryan & Gregory #3
Little Boy Blue
Detective Joe Gregory and his partner, Anthony Ryan, investigate the murder of Johnny Boy Counihan, the son of Gregory's former partner, after the young man apparently stumbles into the middle of a multi-million-dollar robbery at JFK airport while wearing his father's blue police overcoat.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1997
About the author
Ed Dee
10 books8 followersAKA Edward Dee
Graduated from Sacred Heart High School, then served two years in the U.S. Army. In 1962 he joined the NYPD and spent nine years in uniform in South Bronx precincts; the last 11 years of his career he supervised detectives in the Organized Crime Control Bureau. While working the streets he earned a BA from Fordham University.
Ed retired from the NYPD as a lieutenant. Then, answering a life-long desire to write, he left Fordham School of Law and earned a MFA in Creative Writing from Arizona State University.
His first novel, 14 Peck Slip, which was also his master's thesis, was named a Notable Book of The Year in 1994 by the link: New York Times. Bronx Angel ('95), Little Boy Blue ('97) and Nightbird ('99) followed.
The Con Man's Daughter, was released in fall 2003.
Ed has two daughters and four grandchildren. He lives in Delaware with his wife, Nancy.
Graduated from Sacred Heart High School, then served two years in the U.S. Army. In 1962 he joined the NYPD and spent nine years in uniform in South Bronx precincts; the last 11 years of his career he supervised detectives in the Organized Crime Control Bureau. While working the streets he earned a BA from Fordham University.
Ed retired from the NYPD as a lieutenant. Then, answering a life-long desire to write, he left Fordham School of Law and earned a MFA in Creative Writing from Arizona State University.
His first novel, 14 Peck Slip, which was also his master's thesis, was named a Notable Book of The Year in 1994 by the link: New York Times. Bronx Angel ('95), Little Boy Blue ('97) and Nightbird ('99) followed.
The Con Man's Daughter, was released in fall 2003.
Ed has two daughters and four grandchildren. He lives in Delaware with his wife, Nancy.
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June 10, 2020
I came across this NYPD crime novel from the 90’s and decided to read it. Glad I did because I enjoyed it. It had it all from the 90’s, the mafia, Irish connections and even Tupperware!
July 17, 2012
I didn't get the same Ed Dee feel in this work of his. It wasn't like Bronx Angel, his previous book, but nevertheless, it's a 4.5 for me.
Little Boy Blue is the story of the continuing saga of NYPD Detectives Anthony Ryan and Joe "Great Gregory" Gregory who battle crime and personal demons and end the day with a dinner or a drink in a bar or both. It starts out with a caper in New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport that left three dead (one including the son of a known Organized Crime Figure). Following an investigation on different angles that involve Organized Crime and audacity of a heist.
Ryan and Gregory painstakingly took the case and found out something more than just the heist. In the investigation, they also have to deal with administrative crap and the danger of their work.
It was realistic as it could be. Ed Dee's time with New York's Finest made it more realistic and believable. He knows how a detective would act in certain cases as well as the manner of speaking.
Little Boy Blue is the story of the continuing saga of NYPD Detectives Anthony Ryan and Joe "Great Gregory" Gregory who battle crime and personal demons and end the day with a dinner or a drink in a bar or both. It starts out with a caper in New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport that left three dead (one including the son of a known Organized Crime Figure). Following an investigation on different angles that involve Organized Crime and audacity of a heist.
Ryan and Gregory painstakingly took the case and found out something more than just the heist. In the investigation, they also have to deal with administrative crap and the danger of their work.
It was realistic as it could be. Ed Dee's time with New York's Finest made it more realistic and believable. He knows how a detective would act in certain cases as well as the manner of speaking.
April 4, 2013
New York police, the Irish mafia, an IRA connection, all come together in this detective novel.
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