Anthony Cardieri : Luck of the Draw

Luck of the Draw

Anthony Cardieri

ISBN 9780312565022

St. Martin’s

New York City at Christmas can be very beautiful but it’s also the setting for a first crime novel by Anthony Cardieri. The story begins with  picture perfect family preparing for a holiday trip.  Everything is fine until, at the end of the day, the young son opens the door to a flower delivery.  They are all killed.  Enter Deke Durgess a good homicide cop.  There isn’t much to go on but a second killing also with the killers calling card means that Deke and his team are up against the worst killer the city has seen.

Luck of the Draw is an interesting, fast paced first novel.  Cardieri knows New York and the workings of bureaucracy.  It’s going to be fun to see if he can top himself with his second novel.  Check it out.

David Biemann