ABANDONED. It was a detective novel, based just after the end of World War 2, with an incredible ending...

[Rick]

About 10 years ago I read a detective murder mystery where most or all of the detectives were World War II veterans, now working as big city detectives. I think it was New York, but I could be wrong. The book itself was set in the 1950's and the murder being investigated occurred in a city park. One HUGE piece of evidence was a bracelet and the final scene and subsequent "Holy Sh$#@!" moment plays out during a conversation on a city park bench with the lead detective and (I think) a child. I believe the final line of the book was "Where is this man?" or something similar. It was such a good book and now that I've rediscovered a love for reading for the LIFE OF ME I cannot find it...Part of me thought it was Stuart Woods but I can't find anything in his body of work that sounds like it, so I think I'm wrong. Please help :-)

[Kris]

Rick, did a group of fellow WW2 soldiers form a detective agency or work for the same city police department?

Who was murdered?

Have you tried searching on Worldcat.org? For example:

https://www.worldcat.org/advancedsearch > Subject: World War 1939-1945 Veterans Detectives [or Detectives could be a Keyword] | 1950-2010 ? | Not juvenile | Fiction | Book | English

[Rick]

I will try that! Thank you.

[Kate]

Rick ~~
This sounds very interesting!
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[Kris]

No response, moving to Abandoned folder.

Rick (OP) was last active on the site in January 2019.