Cops Like Us: A Washington, D.C. Cop Novel

by Ed Lynskey

It’s every cop’s worst nightmare: a violent felon he put behind bars paroles out and comes after him and his family. Five years ago, homicide sergeant Ismail O’Dwyer arrested Boyo Slade after a bar brawl left a man slashed in Old Yvor City, a fictitious suburb of Washington, D.C. Found guilty at trial in large part due to Ismail’s testimony, Boyo has been stoking a grudge before his release from prison. When Ismail returns home at the end of a grueling shift, he finds the threatening note Boyo has left. It’s payback time, and Ismail is on his guard. Cops Like Us is a gritty, intricate, and character-driven cop novel appealing to the readers of police procedurals and hardboiled crime novels.

246 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 6, 2020

About the author

Ed Lynskey is a crime fiction author who writes the P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery Series and the Isabel and Alma Trumbo Cozy Mystery Series. His short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

Reviews

[Lisa Malmquist · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ismail O'Dwer is a cop that has his worst nightmare come true.
A violent felon he put away has gotten out of prison and is coming after him.
Ismail is racing the clock to find this guy before he comes after his loved ones.
Gritty hard crime detective novel. Interesting characters.
Enjoyed it!