Sixth in the series of Neil Hockaday mystery series.
In 'Grief Street', "Hock" is in the earthly line of fire as wicked and heavenly forces battle for the soul of his beloved Hell's Kitchen. Hock probes a string of unholy murders in his own neighborhood, commencing at the dawn of coinciding Christian and Jewish holidays. Each of these deaths is eerily foreshadowed by scenes from "Grief Street", a keenly political stage play by an elusive author about the hardscrabble immigrant history of Hell's Kitchen.
As always, Neil Hockaday, the philosophical shamrock Catholic detective, finds irony and personal redemption in solving yet another of New York City's cruelest and most baffling cases.
