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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. THE KILLING YARDS is his first novel. His award-winning fiction has been featured in literary journals and 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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Average rating: 4.71 · 104 ratings · 44 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Killing Yards 4.85 avg rating — 41 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 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) 4.40 avg rating — 15 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) 4.89 avg rating — 9 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
	Streets of Your Town: PI Stories by Frank Zafiro (Goodreads Author), Phillip Thompson (Goodreads Author), Meagan Lucas (Goodreads Author) 4.38 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) 4.50 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
	The Killing Yards: A Novel by Jason Allison (Goodreads Author), Kyle Snyder (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Bad River (Arliss Cutter, #6)

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