I also liked that he used female main characters and while they were pretty badass, it also didn't feel too forced. There is some warring between the FBI and NYPD and their respective attorneys, so it is necessary to keep a scorecard.

When the murder of Dominic “The Nose” D’Amico comes to light, Nora is sure that this is a message that his leaking information could not go without notice. S. Attorney, and FBI, real world law enforcement isn't as neat and clean as seen on television series. The investigative group disappears down several rabbit holes before the evidence they need surfaces. So far as I can tell, it is supposed to convey just how busy everyone is and how quickly the investigation is moving, but the device is stretched well beyond its breaking point. This is the problem with celebrity authors - and Comey just about falls into that - in that they take short cuts to the top.Well, we have the crime, we have a decent premise but the excitement gets lost for me as does the pace. Central Park West is a fine debut in the challenging arena of legal thrillers, and James Comey’s next venture in the genre will be most welcome. A whole essay could be written about Comey’s struggle to credibly align the story with modern liberal sensibilities concerning race and sex. We are not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other Web sites or media without our permission. We have seen how that can play out in this country recently and things are no different across the pond.

Though I didn't get the ending I expected, I wasn't too far off the mark, and the journey from beginning to end was fascinating. Drawing from the author’s decades in federal law enforcement, including his years in Manhattan as a mob prosecutor and later the chief federal prosecutor, Central Park West is a fast-paced legal thriller with an intriguing plot enriched by real-life details and experiences. The story kicks off with the murder of a disgraced former governor of New York who is killed after being accused of sexual misconduct by numerous women. When I opened this book on my Kindle, my first thought was this: Please, Lord, let this be good; I really, really don't want to be the one to tell the former director of the FBI - especially one who's at least a foot and a half taller than I am - that his first-ever fiction book stinks. We meet prosecutors, investigators and FBI agents and get an insight into how the law has to work across different departments who can come into conflict and how politics is never very far away from the surface of decision-making.Whatever the future holds, I will keep an eye out for more by Comey, as he is surely at the top of his game in this crowded genre. Though the proceedings in Central Park West move along briskly, the path is far from smooth, mostly because the writing is often highly cringeworthy. While working a case against a long time mob boss, the defendant passes along a information on a local case. At the end of 2003, he was tapped to be the Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice (DOJ) under then-U.

Drawing on James Comey’s thirty years in federal law enforcement, Central Park West is a fast-paced thriller, bursting with tension and authenticity – perfect for fans of John Grisham.As the witness’s testimony concludes, a note is passed to the prosecution offering up information into the assassination of a disgraced former New York governor, murdered in his penthouse apartment just days before. How could I resist reading a debut crime novel written by the former Director of the FBI, James Comey? Frenchie is scheduled to testify today, after which he'll enter the witness protection (WITSEC) program.