Christopher K Newman

THE HIT A male Caucasian has been shot dead in a Hell's Kitchen alley—that's what the report says. But once the police hit the scene, the word hits the street: the dead man is a cop. A big shot from Internal Affairs. THE HUNT The official story says the shooter was a local lowlife. But Detective Joe...

“NEWMAN REALLY KNOWS THE TERRITORY.” —William Caunitz, author of ONE POLICE PLAZA For Detective Joe Dante, a grisly killing is the first shocker in the last case any cop wants…MILLIONAIRE ART COLLECTOR OSCAR WEMBLEY is hacked to death with a kitchen knife, his priceless paintings slashed to bits, hi...

Revenge. Blackmail. Murder.Sometimes they add up to justice.THENIt’s 1963. A beautiful young girl dies in the middle of an abortion on a cold table in a motel room. The cover-up is quick, quiet, and—for almost thirty years—worth every penny.N0WIt’s 1991. At the dawn of a presidential campaign, the s...

Trisha Marlow wakes in a hospital with no memories, not even her name, until her best friend, Eddie Conti, finds her. They'd been searching for her wild-child twin sister, Pam, when Trisha disappeared without a trace. Pam has never made a secret of her contempt for their family, but the reasons rema...

In a posh Manhattan hotel, the brilliant chief executive of a multimillion dollar electronics corporation has been murdered—shot in the head, execution style—along with his stunning mistress. Was the motive jealous rage, or the ultimate corporate raid?A ruthless IRA terrorist is loose on the streets...

REVENGEWhen mob hitman Jack Terranova knocks off a CIA man in Cali, Colombia, he unleashes the fury of the dead man's friend, a mild-mannered sailor from California named Bueno, former occupation: Snake Hunter.CONSPIRACYTerranova works for Diego Cardona, former major in the Nicaraguan secret police....

Acclaimed for his authentic Precinct novels, author Christopher Newman presents another thriller starring Detective Lieutenant Joe Dante and his partner, Jumbo Richardson, of the NYPD.As powerful as a nine-millimeter and as dramatic as the New York skyline, Dead End Game is a hard-hitting tale of li...

Detective Joe Dante lives in a downtown loft and hangs with an uptown crowd.A cop who doesn't act, talk, or play like other cops, Dante's got Brooklyn-bred street smarts and a half-finished Ph.D. dissertation on his bookshelf.But when a man is struck down by a car outside a posh Manhattan hotel, Dan...