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Neil Hockaday Mystery #6
Grief Street
NYPD detective Neil Hockaday returns to solve the cases of a murdered rabbi and a Catholic procession sprayed with gunfire in this “beautifully written” addition to the Edgar-winning crime thriller series by Thomas Adcock (The Washington Post).
Acting on his conscience, Neil Hockaday reports a fellow cop for bias and brutality, but just as he takes a risk in-office, a killer on the streets of Manhattan reminds him that not everyone has a mind for morality.
When a rabbi is murdered by a shadowy figure in front of his shocked congregation and a group of Catholics is gunned down on Good Friday, Hock must set his department issues aside and bring justice to the city.
While coping with tensions within the force, an ugly act of retaliation, and the pressures of a panicked mayor, Hock must search for a suspect with motives rooted in hatred, madness, and dark secrets of the past…
Acting on his conscience, Neil Hockaday reports a fellow cop for bias and brutality, but just as he takes a risk in-office, a killer on the streets of Manhattan reminds him that not everyone has a mind for morality.
When a rabbi is murdered by a shadowy figure in front of his shocked congregation and a group of Catholics is gunned down on Good Friday, Hock must set his department issues aside and bring justice to the city.
While coping with tensions within the force, an ugly act of retaliation, and the pressures of a panicked mayor, Hock must search for a suspect with motives rooted in hatred, madness, and dark secrets of the past…
- GenresMystery
336 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1997
About the author
Thomas Adcock
22 books4 followersAka Buck Sanders (house pseudonym)
Thomas Adcock is a Detroit-born journalist and mystery novelist who won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original in 1992. His novels and short stories been translated into Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Bulgarian and Czech. He began his newspaper career at the Detroit Free Press and has written for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Chicago Today, the Toronto Telegram, the New York Law Journal and The New York Times.
Adcock has also worked at a Manhattan advertising agency and taught journalism and creative writing—at Temple University (Philadelphia), New York University, and the New School for Social Research (New York). He has been active in P.E.N. International, the Mystery Writers of America, the Czech Writers Union, and was co-founder of the North American chapter of the International Association of Crime Writers.
He and his wife, actress Kim Sykes, live in New York City and upstate North Chatham, N.Y., where they are activists in progressive political organizations
Thomas Adcock is a Detroit-born journalist and mystery novelist who won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original in 1992. His novels and short stories been translated into Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Bulgarian and Czech. He began his newspaper career at the Detroit Free Press and has written for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Chicago Today, the Toronto Telegram, the New York Law Journal and The New York Times.
Adcock has also worked at a Manhattan advertising agency and taught journalism and creative writing—at Temple University (Philadelphia), New York University, and the New School for Social Research (New York). He has been active in P.E.N. International, the Mystery Writers of America, the Czech Writers Union, and was co-founder of the North American chapter of the International Association of Crime Writers.
He and his wife, actress Kim Sykes, live in New York City and upstate North Chatham, N.Y., where they are activists in progressive political organizations
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January 2, 2019
I was not too impressed with this book, there were few good parts in the book that I liked, but all in all I felt it was a very mediocre novel.
July 19, 2013
#6 of the Neil "Hock" Hockaday series. This 1997 entry is apparently the final book of the series and marks the culmination of Hockaday's upward arc of Irish Catholic mysticism. Nemesis NYPD Sgt. "King Kong" Kowalski is sent to sensitivity training after Hockaday's formal complaint and undergoes a surprising transformation. Religious linked murders take place in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood and are foreseen in an anonymously written play, "Grief Street", about historic Hell's Kitchen. Annoying chapters of dialogue take place without identifying the speakers. A Jesuit hermit cryptically advises Hock on the nature of evil. Good writing but too much "woo woo" factor for my taste.
Neil "Hock" Hockaday series - A killer goes on the rampage on Good Friday in New York's Hell's Kitchen district. He stabs and scalps a Jewish rabbi, then he shoots seven Catholics praying on the Way of the Cross. Detective Neil Hockaday and his pregnant actress wife, Ruby, continue to live in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen despite its uncertain reputation and sometimes violence. When a mysterious "shadow" viciously murders a rabbi friend there, Hockaday begs to work the case; however, the related gunning down of several men in a religious procession leads the mayor to ask Neil to take charge. The text provides historical background on Hell's Kitchen, sinister otherworldly villains, and typical police department in-fighting and corruption.
Neil "Hock" Hockaday series - A killer goes on the rampage on Good Friday in New York's Hell's Kitchen district. He stabs and scalps a Jewish rabbi, then he shoots seven Catholics praying on the Way of the Cross. Detective Neil Hockaday and his pregnant actress wife, Ruby, continue to live in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen despite its uncertain reputation and sometimes violence. When a mysterious "shadow" viciously murders a rabbi friend there, Hockaday begs to work the case; however, the related gunning down of several men in a religious procession leads the mayor to ask Neil to take charge. The text provides historical background on Hell's Kitchen, sinister otherworldly villains, and typical police department in-fighting and corruption.
May 30, 2024
Intense, with mounting suspense!
I'm now a fan of Thomas Adcock! And his very human, very likeable hero detective Neil Hockaday! This story started out a lot creepy, but that is part of the author's brilliant plot. There is also a good amount of theological talk, but again, it serves Adcock's overall plot. And the suspense just keeps mounting! Can't wait to read more of the Hockaday mysteries!
I'm now a fan of Thomas Adcock! And his very human, very likeable hero detective Neil Hockaday! This story started out a lot creepy, but that is part of the author's brilliant plot. There is also a good amount of theological talk, but again, it serves Adcock's overall plot. And the suspense just keeps mounting! Can't wait to read more of the Hockaday mysteries!
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