cover image Hit and Run

Hit and Run

Christopher Newman. Dell Publishing Company, $5.99 (352pp) ISBN 978-0-440-22263-7

The latest in Newman's Precinct series starts with a hit-and-run accident moments after the New Year. A few minutes later Lieutenant Joe Dante gets a page on the dance floor at the Copa, telling him that the victim is the brother of his good friend and neighbor, rock singer Diana Webster. With his partner Beasley Richardson and a special task force, Joe sets off on a slippery trail that leads to a Saab belonging to the CFO of a communications giant--who, of course, remembers nothing. In the past, Newman has moved neatly from the worlds of art collectors to major league baseball to high fashion, and here, he does a convincing job portraying the deadly stakes of high-tech and higher finance. Newman enriches his basic New York thriller with insights into Joe's personal conflicts, especially with his lover Rosa Losada and her political bid. (Dec.)