Central Park West by James B. Comey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Nora is a federal prosecutor in New York City. She has a Hulk-sized former NYPD cop who specializes in organized crime as her chief investigator and Jessica, a young FBI agent fresh from the training academy to back him up. Together they try to find out who is behind the murder of a former governor. They appear to have success, but there’s a complication: the local DA is prosecuting someone else for that murder. That’s the setup. From there the book is heavy on courtroom tactics and inside legal knowledge – Comey’s forte. That part is good.
The investigative work is a rather straightforward police procedural with no surprises, twists, or action scenes. That was a bit of a disappointment. All the characters seemed stereotyped and a tad too … well, just too. It was a quick read and not particularly bad, but not good enough to make me want to read another in the series. I wish Comey well. He got a raw deal from Trump.