William Boyle

Shortlisted for CWA John Creasey Debut Dagger 2018 Ray Boy Calabrese is back in Gravesend: some people worship him, some want him dead... but none more so than the ex-con himself. Ray Boy Calabrese is released from prison 16 years after his actions led to the death of a young man. The victim's brother, Conway D'Innocenzio, is a 29-year-old Brooklynite...

A vivid new cast of characters collide in gritty 1990s Brooklyn, in this latest from acclaimed neo-noir author William Boyle. In City of Margins, the lives of several lost souls intersect in Southern Brooklyn in the early 1990s. There's Donnie Parascandolo, a disgraced ex-cop with blood on his hands; Ava Bifulco, a widow whose daily work grind is her whole...

Brooklyn, July 1996. Punk kids have to make their own fun in the summer. Bobby Santovasco likes to throw rocks at cars getting off the Belt Parkway. Then there's Jack Cornacchia, a widower who lives with his daughter Amelia and reads meters but also has a secret life as a vigilante, righting neighbourhood wrongs through acts of violence. A simple...

Powerful and evocative, The Lonely Witness brings Brooklyn to life and exposes the harsh realities of crime and punishment on the city streets. Amy was once a party girl, but now she lives a lonely life. Helping the house-bound to receive communion in the Gravesend neighbourhood of Brooklyn, she knows the community well. When a local woman goes missing, Amy...

Acclaimed author William Boyle, known as the 'crime poet of Brooklyn', narrates the story of two sisters caught up in an accidental murder and a meticulously planned cover-up. Saint of the Narrows Street is described by Megan Abbott as William Boyle's best novel yet: "a vibrant, operatic tale of two resilient, big-hearted sisters and the fateful night that sets their...