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Neil Hockaday Mystery #4
Devil's Heaven
Drawn into a vicious homicide case involving New York City homosexuals, Irish detective and newlywed Neil Hockaday pursues a killer from the Metropolitan Opera through the extravagant gay nightlife scene. Original.
- GenresMystery
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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May 18, 2009
I wouldn't recommend this book to everyone. The subject matter is quite graphic. The characters in the book are wonderful- compassionate and human and the "bad guys" are colorfully drawn.
May 27, 2020
Quite a good read. Didn't guess the culprit.
June 29, 2013
#4 in the Neil "Hock" Hockaday series.
Neil "Hock" Hockaday series - Hock's back in the Big Apple, on furlough from the force while doing his best to stay off the sauce. His new wife, black, New Orleans-born Ruby Flagg, returns to her high-level advertising job on the day that the beaten and mutilated body of Frederick Crosby, her odious former boss, is discovered in his apartment, a leather mask across his face and his arms and legs nailed to the floorboards. At the same time, someone is killing off gay men in the city, crimes given scant attention by the NYPD. Hock unofficially hunts the killer and probes the Crosby murder, his footsteps dogged by a homophobic cop who shows up at every crime site.
Neil "Hock" Hockaday series - Hock's back in the Big Apple, on furlough from the force while doing his best to stay off the sauce. His new wife, black, New Orleans-born Ruby Flagg, returns to her high-level advertising job on the day that the beaten and mutilated body of Frederick Crosby, her odious former boss, is discovered in his apartment, a leather mask across his face and his arms and legs nailed to the floorboards. At the same time, someone is killing off gay men in the city, crimes given scant attention by the NYPD. Hock unofficially hunts the killer and probes the Crosby murder, his footsteps dogged by a homophobic cop who shows up at every crime site.
June 9, 2013
It took me forever to get into this book. I almost gave up on it several times, but finally, towards the very end, it became somewhat interesting. I don't think I'll read anything else by this author.
March 30, 2021
Another good read though I did suspect who was behind the killings about three quarters of the way through the book.
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