First published 2011
Moe Prager gets the call that changes everything. Larry McDonald, his old friend and the NYPD Chief of Detectives, is dead. The official word is suicide, but Moe knows Larry too well to believe it. The former cop turned private investigator returns to the Coney Island streets where he once walked a beat in uniform. Now the boardwalk tells a different story. The amusement park rides stand rusted and broken. Behind this decay, Moe uncovers something worse than he imagined. Bodies pile up. Betrayals surface. A web of corruption stretches back thirty years to 1972, when both men were young officers with different dreams. Each clue Moe follows pulls him deeper into a conspiracy that threatens to destroy not just his investigation, but his understanding of the man he thought he knew. The past refuses to stay buried in Coney Island, and Moe must face the truth about Larry McDonald and the choices that led to his death.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: conspiracy, deception, enemies-to-lovers, investigation
Setting: Coney Island, New York
Period: 1972, 2000s
200 pages · Kindle Edition · Gallery Books
Content warnings: death, murder, suicide