Thrown-away Child

Praise for Thomas Adcock’s Neil Hockaday mysteries “the best-written series in crime fiction today.”* *Doug AJIyn, author of Black Water
    THROWN-AWAY CHILD
    “A gem of a mystery.... The plot is extraordinary but the real fun is in the reading.”
    —Bob Leuci, author of The Snitch
    “To classify Thomas Adcock’s THROWN-AWAY CHILD as merely a mystery novel is like calling New York City a big town. Both are much more than mere labels can describe...
    —Rege Behe, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
    “Brilliant and ambitious.... Thomas Adcock is a marvelous spinner of yarns.”
    -Margaret Cannon, Toronto Globe & Mail
    “[THROWN-AWAY CHILD is] about growing up black and poor, and white and poor, and never quite being able to shake the stigma... and learning to live without fear or shame. It’s a compellingly human novel that just happens to be structured as a mystery.”
    —Wes Lukowsky, Booklist (starred review)
    “THROWN-AWAY CHILD begs to be inhabited; it is not a place you want to flip through hastily just to reach the whodunit moment. The patterns and rhythms of Thomas Adcock’s alluring writing pull the reader into a sensory experience.”
    —JoAnn Wasserman, The Poetry Project
    “The dialogue is so good, it should be recited out loud to savor not just the words but their flavor as well. A wonderful novel.”
    —Jeremiah Healy, author of Invasion of Privacy
    “Adock bares the New Orleans underbelly few tourists get to see... offering chilling moments to savor.... [An] irresistible narrative gumbo. . .
    — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
    DEVIL’S HEAVEN
    “. . . A Lysol-and-leather cocktail with the bad cop atmosphere as thick and acrid as the smell of disinfectant.... You feel [Hockaday’s] triumph coursing through your own veins when he not only solves the case—unexpectedly logical and elegant work here—but survives.”
    — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
    “The plot plunges along relentlessly, the dialogue crackles and amuses by turn. ... a Dantesque tour of New York’s subterranean life, a tale full of sound and fury.”
    —Doug Allyn, author of Black Water
    “[Thomas Adcock is] master of a dark, dark world.”
    —Judith Kreiner, Washington Times
    DROWN ALL THE DOGS
    “There is a certain dark, brooding mysticism about the Irish, and when a writer successfully captures it and marries it to Irish lyricism, a book is well-nigh irresistible. Such is the case with Drown All the Dogs ... a supremely entertaining read.”
    —Les Roberts, Cleveland Plain Dealer
    “The talk is lively and literate. With a few belts of whisky, country peasants and college chancellors alike are happy to shoot the breeze of poesy.”
    —Marily Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
    “A raucous, rollicking road show as NYPD Detective Neil Hockaday, in the company of ravishing actress Ruby Flagg, travels to Ireland in pursuit of the truth about the wartime father he never knew.... The plot’s as big as Galway Bay, with room for everything up to and including the genius poet Yeats and his dalliance with fascism.”
    —New York Daily News
    DARK MAZE
    “Enjoyable... gritty.... Adcock lovingly paints a picture of New York City through the eyes of a philosophical cop who has seen it all yet hopes for a clear path through the dark maze both within and without.”
    —Publishers Weekly
    “A powerful, evocative novel.... Adcock has a fine touch for portraying a land of seamy streets and broken dreams.” —Toby Bromberg, Rave Reviews
    “[Adcock’s] words flow easily; he invests his story with a strong, dark humor; and his subtle use of New York dialect lends authenticity to characters and setting.”
    —Mystery News
    “A well-crafted tale, saturated with the flavors and characters of New York.”
    —Allen J. Hubin, Armchair Detective
     

Books by Thomas Adcock
     
    Thrown-Away Child*
    Devil’s Heaven*
    Drown All the Dogs*
    Dark Maze*
    Sea of Green
    Precinct 19
    * Published by POCKET BOOKS
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