Books by Kenneth Abel and Complete Book Reviews
Kenneth Abel, Author . Putnam $26.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-399-14796-8
In the second of his series featuring attorney Danny Chaisson (after 2000's Cold Steel Rain), Abel vividly evokes a Louisiana setting—contemporary New Orleans in transition and its less progressive outlying areas. "This ain't the...
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Kenneth Abel, Author . Minotaur $24.95 (346p) ISBN 978-0-312-37719-9
Set in New Orleans shortly before and during the Katrina catastrophe, Abel's outstanding third Danny Chaisson crime novel (after 2002's The Burying Field
) strikes with hurricane force, leaving plenty of shattered truisms in its wake. When
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Kenneth Abel, Author Dell Publishing Company $4.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-21720-6
After he strikes down the son of a Boston Mafia don while driving drunk, a former cop must help the police track down the mobsters who are after him in this debut. (Apr.)
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Kenneth Abel, Author Delacorte Press $19.95 (345p) ISBN 978-0-385-31190-8
Abel's brisk, sparely written thriller reads more like an accomplished 10th novel than a debut. Jack Walsh, a cop who has been hitting the bottle since his partner died in an aborted drug bust, wakes up in a Boston hospital after an automobile...
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Kenneth Abel, Author Delacorte Press $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-31193-9
Resonant prose and a murky narrative result in a mixed verdict for this second work from the author of Bait. A girl's body is pulled from the Harlem River. Her Guatemalan father, Adalberto Cruz, and his silent bodyguard seem less than sorrowful....
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Kenneth Abel, Author Putnam Publishing Group $24.95 (448p) ISBN 978-0-399-14662-6
Following his well-received debut mystery, Bait, Abel introduces former assistant D.A. Danny Chaisson in a gripping tale of political misdoing and murder set in New Orleans. Now working for a powerful state legislator, Danny is responsible for...
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