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Jason Allison

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in The Bronx, NY, The United States

June 02

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Bronx-born and raised, Jason Allison spent twenty years with the NYPD, mostly as a homicide detective. His debut novel, THE KILLING YARDS, comes out 9/22/26 from Crooked Lane Books. His award-winning fiction has been featured in literary journals and short story anthologies. He and his wife live in Massachusetts with their judgmental Golden Retriever.

Jason posts intermittently about culture at jasonallison.substack.com.

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	Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 7: Winter 2022 by Roger Nokes, Jason Allison (Goodreads Author), Rusty Barnes (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 8: Summer 2022 by Roger Nokes, Mike McHone, Jennifer Stark 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022 by Susan Oleksiw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christine Bagley (Editor), Leslie Wheeler (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fighting Words: Bruisers, Brawlers, & Bad Intentions by Scott Blackburn (Goodreads Author), Jason Allison (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 11: Summer 2024 by Roger Nokes (Editor), Joshua Murray, Colin Brightwell 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 14: Summer 2025 by Jason Allison (Goodreads Author), Christine Blackwicks, Libby Cudmore (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolfsbane: Best New England Crime Stories 2023 by Christine Bagley (Editor), Susan Oleksiw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leslie Wheeler (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Killing Yards it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Streets of Your Town: PI Stories by Frank Zafiro (Goodreads Author), Phillip Thompson (Goodreads Author), Meagan Lucas (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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