The Killing Yards

Praise for The Killing Yards:
“Allison toggles between the perspectives of Jimmy, Michelle, Serge, and Ben as their morals and loyalties are tested, peppering the action with convincing period details and just enough surprises to keep the pages turning.”
—Publishers Weekly

“The Killing Yards is a gloriously gritty and dazzling novel. Jason Allison brings to blazing life the raucous, ruthless, riveting nightclub world of New York City in the early 1990s and populates it with flawed and fascinating characters. This is time travel at its best. This is crime fiction at its best.”
—Lou Berney, USA Today bestseller and Edgar Award-winning author of CROOKS

“Jason Allison’s debut crime novel, The Killing Yards, hits like a high-octane James Ellroy/Michael Mann cocktail. Allison’s sure hand guides us through a claustrophobic Gotham on the brink of massive change. Sin, corruption, bad choices—all the dirty, divine terrain is well-covered. The Killing Yards is blunt, forceful, and explosive. Get your top-shelf noir fix here.”
—William Boyle, author of Saint of the Narrows Street and Heavy Sugar

“A blistering tour de force debut from the sure hands of an author who knows the turf. I will read everything Allison writes.”
—Adam Plantinga, Edgar Award nominee and USA Today bestselling author of The Ascent

“Behold a fresh new voice in noir fiction. In the vein of Don Winslow and Abel Ferrara … Like great cinema, it’s sprawling and vivid, so real you can taste it. What an electrifying debut.”
—I.S. Berry, Edgar award winning author of The Peacock and the Sparrow

“A pulse-pounding portrait of New York City club culture … each chapter raising stakes like an igniter ticking, ready for explosion.”
—Chris Harding Thornton, author of Pickard County Atlas and Little Underworld

“A finely crafted narrative of interconnecting characters, with a concise and rapid style reminiscent of the best Ellroy.”
—John Woods, author of Lady Chevy

“One of the most stunning debut novels I have ever read … You can feel the sweat on the dance floor, the sexual charge between the patrons, and the ever-present threat of violence as the characters negotiate between the cops and criminals who run the system.”
—Steven Powell, author of Love Me Fierce In Danger: The Life of James Ellroy

“A story of desperation, denial, and betrayal, it’s a hell of a read from beginning to end.”
—J. Todd Scott, author of The Flock, The Far Empty, High White Sun

“Former NYPD Detective, Jason Allison, has secured his place in the crime fiction genre with this outstanding and beautifully written novel. An absolute treasure to read and a must for any reading list.”
—David Swinson, author of The Second Girl, City on the Edge, Sweet Thing

A native New Yorker, Jason Allison spent two decades with the NYPD, mostly as a detective. He now resides in Massachusetts with his wife and their Golden Retriever. The Killing Yards is his first novel.

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