Cases Closed

by Henry Hack

Upon returning to New York from a disastrous love affair in St. Martin, Detective Daniel Boyland, New York Metropolitan Police Department, resolves all issues with his former lover, Niki Wells, and settles back into his old job as a detective in the Nassau Homicide Squad.



When a golfer discovers two badly-mutilated bodies on the side of a fairway, Danny and his partner Spider Webb investigate. The bodies are identified as wanted for the torture murder of Patty Ann Malloy, the pregnant middle daughter of Governor Thomas Keegan. Nailed to their foreheads are white index cards spelling out, in blood, "CASE CLOSED."



The investigation zeros in on Santino "Sonny Slick" Abbate, a Mob leader who was boyhood friends with Governor Keegan. Physical evidence implicates Sonny in the murders and also in two murders which occurred thirty-four years ago - murders that reach up to the governor's office and eventually force him into an agonizing decision. Will he pardon Sonny, or allow him to die by lethal injection?



Henry Hack is a lifelong New Yorker who served in the Nassau County, NY Police Department for twenty-two years, including fourteen years in the Detective Division. He commanded the Scientific Investigation Bureau and was qualified as an expert witness in several forensic fields including blood, narcotics and trace evidence. He also commanded the Eighth Precinct, Uniform Force, and resides on Long Island with his wife, Lorraine. Cases Closed is his second novel featuring Detective Danny Boyland. The first, Danny Boy, was published in 2009 by the Salvo Press/Broadhead Books. Five of his short stories have been published in collections.



More information can be found on his website at www.henryhack.com

Genres: Mystery

264 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2012

About the author

Henry Hack served for twenty-two years in the Nassau County, NY Police Department rising to the rank of Inspector. He commanded the Scientific Investigation Bureau and was qualified as an expert witness in several forensic fields including blood, narcotics and trace evidence. He also commanded the Eighth Patrol Precinct in Levittown for four years. His academic credentials include a Bachelor’s in Chemistry from Adelphi University and a Master’s in Criminal Justice from Long Island University. Henry is a lifelong New Yorker, born and raised in Queens, and currently resides in coastal North Carolina with his wife, Lorraine.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this book in a GoodReads giveaway and am so happy I did or I may never have discovered this author. The book was well written, had a lot of depth to it and kept me interested. This was not a who-dun-it in the traditional sense as you know who the killers are way before the end. But having different characters (including a gun!) fill in additional details of the crime and backstory and friendship was very creative. Looking forward to reading more by this author.

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, fast paced and kept me engrossed in the story. Once I started reading it I didn't want to put it down, I wanted to know what was going to happen next. I really liked the gun personality, this a unusual "character" in the book. The character descriptions are entertaining with the nicknames, there is plenty of action, the plot makes you think and I like the addition of the guns and their part in the story. After having read this story I plan to look up other stories by the author to see if they are as engaging as this story. I won this book in a goodreads giveaway and am thankful since I had not heard of this author previously.