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A Pleasant Shade Of Gray: A Novel of the NYPD

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This book is filled with plot twists and curve balls out of no where. The story takes you on a roller coaster of events that tie into one great ending. Detective Clark is one of the great cops of our time and really makes you care about him and how he is going to save his partner. A few spelling errors and what not, but I didn't even notice since the story, and the action is just so great.
Anthony Cancelliere is such a great story teller that he is able to take horror and thriller and action mix it with drama and heart break all into once story. He is able to take all these great aspects that I love so much and mix it into one really good story. When the story takes off it really takes off and me as the reader had to buckle my seat belt and really hang on for the ride of my life.
The side plots are so good and the undertones of friendship and love really make this novel good. The book is about how this detective is going to save his best friend, while dealing with his demons. One part of the novel the main detective is walking back and forth talking to himself trying to talk his way to having a drink. It is really a good look at how booze and drugs really can ruin your life. The messages that the author puts in this novel really make it so much more then just a cop and robber novel.
What makes this novel really amazing is that it all happens with in 24 hours. By the time the novel is over it feels like the story took place over weeks or months. This book really shows the dark side of the police force and the dark side of what the political world is like. But it also shows what good cops are willing to do to make sure that justice is served.
This book is really worth the price I paid and if the editor did his job a little better it might be a simply out of this world novel. This book is just really a rare book that is able to mix so many different tones into one 24 plot line. I have so rarely read a book that can do so many things and yet has a solid plot line and works really good. For my money nothing beats this young voice of a talent that is going to making waves in the world of thrillers.

This was a good book with a little for everyone from torture, gun fights, murder and action. Scenes of people getting their arms and legs chopped off by an axe. I didn't know what a snuff film was until i read this book and now that I know it really freaked me out. This book was just sick but thats why I loved it so much.

This book is from a fresh new author that really put a good story into a great style of format. I am a big fan of NYPD and 24 and this was put into one novel. You know an author has talent when you care about the people in the book and that's what happened. I got into the story and when people were killed I found my self saying "Oh my god!"
Aside from that when I read this I really got scared. Not because the of the villians in the book but how they killed. I was amazed and maybe shocked that someone could come up with such horrible ways for people to die. The death's were so disgusting and vivid that it really got me in the pit of my stomach. I really thing that this was a thought out plot with alot of great jump moments.

This book is a great novel from a first time author although the book could have used some grammer work. Aside from the editing problems this book was great and it did not appear slow to me. Jim Clark is undercover as Jim Ryder and is trying to uncover a killer making Snuff Films. His partner is a suspect in the murder of his partner's wife. When Jim is called back into duty he is tossed into a whirlwind of action and terror to find the killer. As Detective Clark starts to go down a dark road he finds that the real killer is much worse then he could have ever dreamed. The book really gave a sense of dread as well as taking me on a one hell of a thrill ride.

This book is filled with plot twists and curve balls out of no where. The story takes you on a roller coaster of events that tie into one great ending. Detective Clark is one of the great cops of our time and really makes you care about him and how he is going to save his partner. A few spelling errors and what not, but I didn't even notice since the story, and the action is just so great.
Anthony Cancelliere is such a great story teller that he is able to take horror and thriller and action mix it with drama and heart break all into once story. He is able to take all these great aspects that I love so much and mix it into one really good story. When the story takes off it really takes off and me as the reader had to buckle my seat belt and really hang on for the ride of my life.
The side plots are so good and the undertones of friendship and love really make this novel good. The book is about how this detective is going to save his best friend, while dealing with his demons. One part of the novel the main detective is walking back and forth talking to himself trying to talk his way to having a drink. It is really a good look at how booze and drugs really can ruin your life. The messages that the author puts in this novel really make it so much more then just a cop and robber novel.
What makes this novel really amazing is that it all happens with in 24 hours. By the time the novel is over it feels like the story took place over weeks or months. This book really shows the dark side of the police force and the dark side of what the political world is like. But it also shows what good cops are willing to do to make sure that justice is served.
This book is really worth the price I paid and if the editor did his job a little better it might be a simply out of this world novel. This book is just really a rare book that is able to mix so many different tones into one 24 plot line. I have so rarely read a book that can do so many things and yet has a solid plot line and works really good. For my money nothing beats this young voice of a talent that is going to making waves in the world of thrillers.


Buy this book.

I love thrillers Sleeper Cell and Threat Level Black are amazing books. This falls right in with these two great books as a top thriller. Anthony Cancelliere has written a book where the good guys might not ride off in the sunset. This is not a happy go lucky book where you know what is going on. A Pleasant Shade is about a man on the edge battling his demons to stop a killer from framing his partner. It has a dark sinister tone that really chokes the life out of the reader. As good as the main detective is he would be no match for Hercule Poirot lol.

The book starts out after events that had already changed Detective Clark leaving him a troubled man. He is a former drunk and battling the loss of his wife and little girl. You get the sense right away he is a good man who just needs to keep his head on straight. His partner is charged with murdering his own wife the night before. So Jim is undercover and comes out of it to help find the killer of his parnter's wife.

While the book is not perfect no one is saying that it is but I found it did not keep me from enjoying it. The story keeps moving quickly kept me guessing as to what was coming next. There were times I was shocked when someone was killed off. If this book had a better editor it would have been simply amazing. Here is a small bi of everyone in the book.

Detective Jim Clark: A cop on the edge still dealing with the loss of his wife and a drinking problem. We know that Jim can do his job from mentioning cases he had worked in the past. We also know that Jim is a good cop when everyone thinks he should be brought out from under cover.

Detective Peter Brown: A former football player turned detective is still pretty much a rookie. We know that he is a good man and that he and Jim are like brothers.

Captain Tyler Anderson: The head of the entire sector Captain Anderson has his own problems. The stress of having a new baby might be getting to him as well as his own drinking problem.

Captain Patrick McCabe: An evil IAB Captain who is turning the precinct upside down and inside out. Once McCabe gets his gook into the 24th he is going to bring everyone down.

Detective Allen Hill: A rookie night watch cop called into duty when an office goes down. A good cop who is still just learning the ropes of the police force.

Charlton Prescott: City Councilman and running for Mayor in New York. Is mixed up in what could be one of the biggest scandals in New York City. Is an old school man and a former detective from the NYPD.


Halo: One of the most evil and sadistic killers I have ever read in my entire life. This man kills so coldy with no emotion of regard for human life. The torture he brings others is nothing short of evil and I wonder how the author could ever think up this stuff.

In short the book is good despit the few pimples it has here and there. The story was good and I enhjoyed reading this book very much. The author talks about the evils of drinking and how it could ruin a person as well as how to be true to a friend. Like I said if you need a pure polished novel then this is not for you. If you like to sit back and enjoy the thrill ride then buckle up. This book will take you and drag you along twenty four great hours of action and suspense.

What in the world this author was on when he wrote this novel. Granted there were a few spelling mistakes this was a great book. As far as thrillers go this was a fast paced novel that kept me guessing what was going to happen next. I loved how there were all these different things happening all at the same time. Also the real time aspect was really cool giving a new meaning to tension. I thought as far as making twenty fours fit into one novel this author really did a good job and makes "Time" one of the villians. This was an orignal novel that stood on the line of horror and action.

Not by any means of the word. In fact this is a story filled with pure horror and terror. There is nothing cute or fuzzy about this novel. It starts out as a nice NYPD novel but takes a turn for the worse at around midnight. The spelling did throw me off but was easily brushed off and I was able to get lost in the story. I did not put this book down once I got sucked in I stayed in. I would tell anyone to check this out it was well worth the time and money. I could tell the author had a passion for this world he had created and had the ability to make me really care for everyone in the course of their day.

This was really a great original novel that showed there are a few creative people left in the world. The story jumps all around the city of New York showing the day in the life of the New York Police Department. A Pleasant Shade of Gray leaves you on the edge of your seat chapter after chapter. Detective Jim Clark is the typical cop on the edge and does his best to save the people around him while trying not to lose his own head. This was a novel that really was creative and filled with non stop action and terror. It was amazing to see how this novel jumps from Action then to horror and back to actions. The plot is that Jim's Partner is charged with the murder of his wife. Clark franticly chases after the real killer, while the 24th Precinct is in lock down from an evil IAB Captain. The case takes a twisted turn when Detective Clark finds there is a serial killer named Halo making Snuff Films and selling them on the black market. The torture scenes are disgusting and filled with gore and the action is nonstop and kept me on the edge of my seat as I said before. This was a really good novel and is really is even filled with a few jokes here and there. Although this is a very dark novel but there are a few hints of humor. This novel is a pure and modern tragedy in all sense of the world but it is really one of the novels that I am glad that I bought it.