Precinct 19

by Thomas Adcock

A seasoned police reporter chronicles the daily routine of Manhattan's 19th precinct, a jurisdiction that includes thirty-eight foreign consulates, the posh residences of some of New York's wealthiest citizens, and some of New York's meanest streets

Genres: Crime

Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1986

About the author

Aka Buck Sanders (house pseudonym)

Thomas Adcock is a Detroit-born journalist and mystery novelist who won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original in 1992. His novels and short stories been translated into Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Bulgarian and Czech. He began his newspaper career at the Detroit Free Press and has written for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Chicago Today, the Toronto Telegram, the New York Law Journal and The New York Times.

Adcock has also worked at a Manhattan advertising agency and taught journalism and creative writing—at Temple University (Philadelphia), New York University, and the New School for Social Research (New York). He has been active in P.E.N. International, the Mystery Writers of America, the Czech Writers Union, and was co-founder of the North American chapter of the International Association of Crime Writers.

He and his wife, actress Kim Sykes, live in New York City and upstate North Chatham, N.Y., where they are activists in progressive political organizations

Reviews

[Maureen Sepulveda · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent read. Written in 1980’s and a look at NYPD precinct cops. Interesting characters. Not the greatest literature but entertaining nonetheless.