The Roofer

by Erica Orloff

Ava O'Neil was raised in New York City by her father - a member of the city's most infamous Irish gang. Known as The Roofer, O'Neil had a penchant for throwing his victims from the rooftops of Hell's Kitchen tenements. When a journalist comes looking for Ava, determined to profile her father in a magazine article - and to uncover the trail of a cold-case murder - Ava is equally determined to keep her family's secrets hidden. The article is published and soon Hollywood comes calling to make a movie about Ava's father. But another murderous secret from her father's past is even more twisted than anything on film. Will Ava manage to keep that secret to herself, or will everything she has built for her own life - including love - be destroyed when all is revealed.

297 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2004

About the author

"Erica Orloff is a native New Yorker, novelist, blogger, mother of four, chronic insomniac, alt-rock loving, voracious reader (and prolific writer) who has written over twenty novels across a number of genres and pen names. She currently lives in Virginia where she rarely sleeps, roots for the Yankees and the NY Giants, knits in her almost-never free time, herds worms with her six-year-old Pirate Boy, and tries to hold onto what little sanity she has left." (http://www.ericaorloff.com/about.html)

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book, incredibly violent. It is now out of print, but worth looking up if you can find it.

[Felicia Marie Ciaudelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another keeper from Erica.

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very deep and dark ~ totally different from her other funny light stuff.