Brooklyn Three Hardcover – June 19, 1991 by Thomas Boyle 
 
Detective Francis DeSales, head of the Brooklyn Violence Task Force, investigates a shooting at a political rally for New York's first Black mayoral candidate, a search that takes him from one end of Brooklyn to another in pursuit of a sociopathic weapons enthusiast
 
From Library Journal
Boyle mixes a striking backdrop of racial tension in a Brooklyn setting with a ripe-for-conflict (if somewhat old hat) romance and an unknown psychopath into a scenario that promises much. Detective Inspector Frances DeSales investigates the murder of a white man in a black candidate's campaign organization; Frank's lover, meanwhile, tries to scoop the case for TV. Chilling scenes of the wacked-out psycho alternate with gritty street sketches and standard police procedure, but the conclusion leaves a few too many questions unanswered. Some graphic sex and violence contribute to immediacy; however, the novel remains a marginal purchase, especially when compared to Kellerman.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
 
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