Grief Street

The last book of the Hock series, "Grief Street", is a well-written thriller that ties up a few loose ends, and ends with hope restored to an area of Hell Kitchen. In this book, Hock tries to find a blaphamous killer, while dealing with some rogue "rapid" cops that hate Hock for telling on "King Kong" Kowalski. Kowalski himself finds that he finally has to come face to face with his demons. Finally, Hock finds the demented killer, and has a faceoff in a house with a bloody history, as an unexpected ally comes to his aid. Good finish.

Grief Street and the entire Neil Hokaday series, is original, compelling and completely enjoyable. I can hardly wait for the next novel. Thomas Adcock manages to tackle tough subject matter with courage, humar and heart. After reading Grief Street, I could not rest until I had read the entire series. I am now a FAN of this writer.

Grief Street is not pretty but you still should go there. Learn a little from Adcocks view of our world where things are not always what they seem and life is certainly not fair

It is suddenly unsafe to be a religious figure in new York City. A magnetic rabbi is murdered in front of fourteen witnesses. His skin was literally ripped off him and the members of his congregation who saw him die could only recall a rancid odor and a shadowy figure. Detective Neil Hockaday, whose wife is expecting a child, is assigned to investigate the brutal killing. Before he can dig deep into the case, a group of Catholics are shot, and a nun is raped and left for dead. As blood begins to spill, Hock's spouse Ruby receives the script of a play, GRIEF STREET in which Hell's Kitchen will be turned into a hell on earth. It is up to Hock to uncover this anti-religion murderer before he turns the streets of New York into the Red Sea. One thing that can be certain about the Neil Hockaday novels is that the books are always well written mysteries and the latest tale amplifies Thomas Adcock's well deserved reputation. The switches between the investigation and the short short discussions by evil beings is a well done device that adds to the story line. Hock and Ruby remain great personas and the support cast are clearly New York's finest. GRIEF STREET is super writing by a super star writer. Harriet Klausner