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Authors: Peter de Jonge
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To Detective Keith Flannery from the 7th Precinct, Detective George Taylor from Manhattan Homicide South, and Ret. Detective Irma Rivera formerly of Homicide South, for continuing to let me sit around, watch, and listen. To Bradley Adams, forensic anthropologist for the office of Chief Medical Examiner in New York City, and Ret. Detective Bob Geis, formerly of the NYPD Special Frauds Unit, for the benefit of their experience and expertise. To my agent, Todd Shuster, for support; to my wife, Daina Zivarts, for support plus affection; and to my editor, Claire Wachtel, for saving me from multiple embarrassments, then putting a gun to my head. Most of all to Detective Donna Torres from Homicide North, without whose generosity neither this book nor the one that preceded it would have been possible.
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Peter de Jonge is the author of
Shadows Still Remain
and the coauthor of three
New York Times
bestsellers with James Patterson:
Beach Road
,
The Beach House
, and
Miracle on the 17th Green
. He has been a reporter for the Associated Press and a contributing writer for the
New York Times Magazine
. His work has appeared in
Best American Sports Writing
,
National Geographic
,
Harper's Bazaar
,
Details
, and
Manhattan, Inc
. He lives in New York City.
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Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint from:
“Hot, Blue and Righteous”
Words and Music by Billy F. Gibbons
Copyright © 1973 Music Of Stage Three.
Copyright Renewed.
Worldwide Rights for Music Of Stage Three Administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Reprinted by Permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
Drawings by Joseph de Jonge
COVER DESIGN BY THEBOOKDESIGNERS
COVER PHOTOGRAPHS: ARROW © SHUTTERSTOCK;
(LEFT) BUILDING © OSCAR RIVERA;
(RIGHT) BUILDING © WALLY GOBETZ; MAN © PHOTOCASE
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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
BURIED ON AVENUE B
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