John Verdon, Crown, $25 (432p) ISBN 978-0-307-58892-0
The numbers game gets a murderous spin in Verdon’s deft, literate debut. Recently retired NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney is an old warhorse much too easily led to water, in the view of his increasingly disenchanted wife, who insists it’s now me-
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John Verdon. Crown, $23 (432p) ISBN 978-0-30771-789-4
Verdon follows Think of a Number, his sensational debut featuring retired NYPD detective Dave Gurney, with this standout sequel, set a year later. A bizarre, high-profile murder near Gurney's Catskills home puts his already shaky marriage to the...
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John Verdon. Crown, $26 (464p) ISBN 978-0-307-71792-4
Verdon, who rejuvenated the impossible crime in his 2010 debut, Think of a Number, shows there’s much more that can be done with the serial killer plot in his breakneck, knockout third Dave Gurney whodunit (after 2011’s Shut Your Eyes Tight)....
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John Verdon. Crown, $25 (448p) ISBN 978-0-385-34840-9
Nero Award finalist Verdon combines a brilliant puzzle and psychological insight into his sleuth, Dave Gurney, in the stellar fourth novel featuring the retired NYPD homicide detective (after 2012’s Let the Devil Sleep). Much to the dismay of Gurney’
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John Verdon. Counterpoint, $25 (375p) ISBN 978-1-61902-733-6
Fans of classic fair play who appreciate well-developed characterizations in their whodunits will relish Verdon’s richly atmospheric fifth mystery featuring retired NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney (after 2014’s Peter Pan Must Die). A former...
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John Verdon. Counterpoint, $27 (432p) ISBN 978-1-64009-063-7
In Verdon’s outstanding sixth outing for ex-NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney (after 2016’s Wolf Lake), White River, N.Y., cop John Steele, who is white, is killed by a sniper on the first anniversary of the controversial shooting of Laxton Jones,
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John Verdon. Counterpoint, $28 (400p) ISBN 978-1-64009-310-2
Verdon’s brilliant seventh mystery featuring retired NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney (after 2018’s White River Burning) showcases a nifty impossible crime variant. Gurney’s former partner, Mike Morgan, who once saved his life, is now the police...
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John Verdon. Counterpoint, $29 (400p) ISBN 978-1-64009-585-4
Verdon’s stellar eighth mystery featuring retired NYPD detective Gurney (after 2021’s On Harrow Hill) captivates from the first page. Gurney’s obsession with solving crimes has exacted a considerable personal toll: his carelessness on a recent case...
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John Verdon, read by Christopher Lane. Brilliance Audio, , unabridged, 10 CDs, 12.5 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-5226-3648-9
In Verdon’s richly atmospheric fifth mystery featuring retired NYPD homicide detective Dave Gurney, a former police colleague brings Dave back into his previous life by involving him in a baffling case. Ethan Gall, the owner of Wolf Lake Lodge in...
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