Final Atonement: A Doug Orlando Mystery - Softcover

Johnson, Steve Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615525741 ISBN 13: 9780615525747

Publisher: Clutching Hand Books, 2011

Synopsis

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST MYSTERY! The bestselling crime novels of New York life in the early nineties are back. Gruff, weary, gay Brooklyn Homicide cop Doug Orlando is facing his most shocking case: Rabbi Avraham Rabowitz lay in a pool of his own blood, a prayer shawl stuffed down his throat, and his beard shaved off. The question for Detective Orlando isn’t who hated the right wing religious sect leader—Rabowitz had been the open enemy of blacks, gays, pro-choice women, even fellow Jews. In a case that moves from the depths of the ghetto to the high-rise office of a real estate glamour-boy tycoon, the suspects come in every color and shade of belief. And unless Orlando can defuse a ticking time bomb of tension by nailing the killer, the melting pot of the city is going to melt down....

About this title

About the Author:

You can learn more about Steve Neil Johnson at his web site: SteveNeilJohnson.com. Steve is the author of the bestselling Doug Orlando mysteries, FINAL ATONEMENT (Lambda Literary Award finalist for Best Mystery) and FALSE CONFESSIONS. The books grew out of his experiences working for the District Attorney of Brooklyn. His other books include the occult thriller THIS ENDLESS NIGHT, the young adult novel RAISING KANE, and the middle-grade book (under the pseudonym Rathbone Ravenford) EVERYBODY HATES EDGAR ALLAN POE! He was honored by ONE/National Gay & Lesbian Archives for his contributions to gay literature. He is a longtime resident of Los Angeles, where he is writing his four-book four-decade spanning saga of gay life from the 1950s to the 1980s, The L.A. AFTER MIDNIGHT Quartet. The first book in the series, THE YELLOW CANARY, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist for Best Mystery. THE BLACK CAT is the second book in the series.  The third, THE BLUE PARROT, was recently released.

From Publishers Weekly:

Rabbi Avraham Rabowitz, outspoken opponent of blacks, Hispanics, gays and even other members of his own sect, was a rotten pillar of Brooklyn's Hasidic community. His sudden death--he is found in a pool of blood, clean shaven, with a prayer shawl stuffed down his throat--poses two mysteries: Who killed him, and what took them so long? For Doug Orlando, a gay homicide squad veteran, the task is not just to bring Rabowitz's killer to justice but to solve the case before the city's ethnic fabric is torn to shreds. Lack of cooperation from various ethnic factions in the neighborhood obstructs the investigation. Compounding Orlando's difficulties is his former partner, Briggs, who is eager to discredit him for cooperating with an investigation into his killing of an unarmed black teenager. Newcomer Johnson has crafted a literate murder mystery that expands the genre to include deft commentary on the changing face of urban centers. Additionally, the domestic scenes between Orlando and his lover of 12 years, Stewart, provide a sensitive and often humorous contrast to the dangers and frustrations of police work.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Clutching Hand Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0615525741
• ISBN 13: 9780615525747
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 220