Crime Novelist
“The dead talk...
Newark Crime Reporter
Turned Novelist
A Russell Avery Series
Three novels. One city. No mercy.
A Newark crime reporter digs into a cold case that powerful people want to stay buried. The deeper he goes, the more bodies surface.
Get Copy“A gripping debut that announces a major new voice in crime fiction.”
— Publishers Weekly
When a fire tears through a Newark apartment building, Russell Avery finds evidence of something far worse than arson hiding in the ashes.
Get Copy“Queally writes with the authority of a journalist and the soul of a poet.”
— Booklist
The lies Russell told to survive are coming back. And this time, the truth might be what kills him.
Get Copy“A relentless thriller that doesn't let go until the final page.”
— Mystery Tribune
Author Brief
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Los Angeles Times. Part of the team that won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News. Covered the things that keep people up at night.
Traded deadlines for fiction. Now he writes about Newark — the city, the crime, the people caught in between. Russell Avery is his witness.
Press Clippings
— Publishers Weekly“A gripping debut that announces a major new voice in crime fiction. Queally writes with the authority of someone who's seen the worst and lived to tell it.”
— Booklist“Queally writes with the authority of a journalist and the soul of a poet.”
— Library Journal“Newark has found its chronicler. Russell Avery is the detective we need — flawed, relentless, and utterly real.”
— Kirkus Reviews“A relentless thriller that doesn't let go until the final page.”
— LA Times“The real deal. Queally knows crime from the inside out.”
Dead Drop
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