Buried on Avenue B

<p>Hailed by the <em>Chicago Tribune</em> as an utterly irresistible heroine Darlene O'Hara--the brilliant hard-living obsessive and somewhat self-destructive detective introduced in Peter de Jonge's acclaimed crime fiction masterwork <em>Shadows Still Remain</em>--returns in <em>Buried on Avenue B</em>.</p><p>An edgy and suspenseful noir thriller <em> Buried on Avenue B</em> traverses the gritty landscape of New York's Lower East Side and the more sordid corners of Sarasota Florida as a gruesome and unexpected discovery in a makeshift Alphabet City grave heats up a 17-year-old cold case.</p><p>James Patterson calls Darlene O'Hara one of the freshest hippest detective creations in many a year and the <em>New York Times</em> has described Peter de Jonge's writing as in the noirish character-driven vein of Dennis Lehane or Michael Connelly. For fans of serious crime fiction Peter de Jonge is a must-read and Detective Darlene O'Hara is cop to be reckoned with.</p>