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The Cold Case Squad has a problem: Someone won’t stop taunting Detective Everett Larkin. He’s been able to apprehend some of the worst criminals to ever stalk the streets of New York City, thanks in great part to forensic artist and boyfriend, Ira Doyle, but after their last case, events…


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1 author picked Hudson River Homicides as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is a witty police procedural, latest in a series that does New York City better than any crime fiction writer since Lawrence Block. The protagonists are a gay couple, one a detective on the cold case squad, the other a forensic artist. Both have traumatic pasts to overcome. The cases are gruesome, but the relationship is touchingly romantic. Thanks to the writing, the read is loads of fun, but as a New Yorker, what I loved most of all was immersion in a New York that is real as real can be in all its savor and liveliness and…

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