Close Pursuit: A Week in the Life of an NYPD Homicide Cop

by Carsten Stroud

Book Overview

Another night falls on New York City. A victim screams. A siren wails. Eddie Kennedy is on his beat. He is a gold shield homicide detective, and his next week of investigations is a journey readers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553051881
• ISBN13: 9780553051889
• Release Date: February 1987
• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of my all-time faves

I have read a boatload of police procedurals, but when I think of "the best," "Close Pursuit" immediately springs to mind (as does "11-99"). One major difference between this novel and others is that Stroud spent a lot of time with NYPD detectives, then--instead of writing a straight non-fiction book--he adapted what he'd seen and learned into a fact-based fictional novel. The other major difference is that while most procedurals focus on strictly one case from beginning to end, and the climax of the story is the closing of the case, "CP" picks up in the middle of a mess of cases and leaves you with most of them still unsolved. Just like real life. It's solidly entertaining and a worthy read. My only question is, why the William J. Caunitz-esque paperback cover art? Not that I haven't read and enjoyed Caunitz, but it's too good a book for that.