Monday, July 31, 2017
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
THE KILLING
COLLECTIVE : A NEW YORK CITY TOUR GUIDE
The Killing Collective takes the reader on a tour of
New York City as well as the characters, most notably Stanford Carter and his
wife, Jill Seacrest who trade Boston for the Big Apple to take jobs as F.B.I.
agents. Additionally, new agent Shania Deeprose, a native of Alabama, also
comes to the city like a fish out of water. But it’s all about adapting and
enjoying the ride as the characters will find out. I am certain if New York
City were a conscious entity, it would care less about adapting and fitting in.
Lol.
I also feel
that N.Y.C is a character in itself and it provides a terrific backdrop for the
novel whether you are with the agents on a ride-along or with the killers doing
the nasty deeds.
So, first off, how about a bite? F.B.I. Assistant
Director William Fischetti can’t get enough of his carb fix here…
Ess-A-Bagel
831 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
212-980-1010
Hand rolled bagels, voted
the best bagels in NYC. Certified
kosher.
“Essen” is German and
Yiddish for “eat” or “Eating”.
“Delicatessen” is a German loanword which first
appeared in English in 1889 and is the plural of Delikatesse. In German it was
originally a French loanword, délicatesse, meaning "delicious
things (to eat)". Its root word is the Latin adjective
delicatus, meaning "giving pleasure, delightful,
pleasing".
Then, I guess you’ll need something to wash that bagel
down. The killers in this book find one of their victims here…
Pig
'n' Whistle on Third
|
Top of Form
Bottom of Form
922 Third Avenue (near
55th Street)
New York, NY 10022
212-688-4646 |
The name Pig ‘n’ Whistle
derives from “Piggin” and “Wassail,” a medieval lead cup and the spiced wine
that went in it, but it’s beef and beer that predominate at these midtown pubs.
Sometimes agents Jill
Seacrest and Shania Deeprose like to blow off a little steam, drinking some
firewater and dancing to some classic jazz….
Jazz
Standard
www.jazzstandard.com/Danny
Meyer
116 E 27th St, New York,
NY 10016
One of NYC’s largest jazz
clubs, featuring new & established musicians.
If all that music made
you hungry again, how about a slice here…
Ben’s
Pizzeria
123 MacDougal Street
New York, NY 10012
Open until 5
am ·
Hot slices &
people-watching at a counter with late-night hours near Washington Square Park.
If you’re up for some
entertainment, how about a stroll through a museum? This is one of the first
crime scenes of the novel.
Cloisters
99 Margaret Corbin Drive
New York, NY 10040
Architectural
styles: Romanesque and Medieval
The Cloisters is a museum
in Upper Manhattan, New York City specializing in European medieval
architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, and is part of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art.
Now for the scary part.
How about a drive along Admiral’s Row? Hint: the big finale for the novel takes
place here.
Admirals’
Row at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
16 Flushing Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Admirals Row was a street
lined with 19th century manor houses built in the architectural style known as
“Second French Empire” at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It was used as naval officers' housing for
over a century before being abandoned in the 1970s. Once enticingly visible from the street, they
were demolished to build a supermarket and parking lot in early 21st century
America. Nature was increasingly unkind to those 19th century buildings. Prior
to their demise, however, they remained in the same splendorous state of utter
dishevelment that previously transfixed the neighborhood and lured in curious
visitors. During an exploration in 2008, the houses were found to be wide
open to the elements, but with interior details intact, including
chandeliers, wallpaper, plasterwork, bathrooms, and kitchens. The relentless pressures
of winter snow and falling trees crushed many of these features into rubble,
and in 2009, heavy summer rains caused
the collapse of Quarters C, the second oldest building on the row. The
encircling forest rose far above the buildings, all of which had lost roofs,
floors, walls, and windows. The 11 residential buildings on the Admiral's Row
campus became completely overgrown by ivy and trees. The front steps of
Quarters K and L were almost unrecognizable.
Peeling paint, floors with holes, and crooked doorways were some of the
lesser problems found inside the houses. Feral cats, birds, and other wildlife made
them their home. On the buildings' upper
levels, entire rooms went missing over the years, though the exteriors of the
buildings remained intact. Snow, rain,
and falling tree limbs caused walls and windows to cave in. Vines and soil
entered the premises, blurring the boundary between interior and exterior,
nature and fabrication. (Revisiting
Brooklyn's Abandoned Admiral's Row Before It's Gone, Curbed New York, by Nathan
Kensinger, June 11, 2015).
There you have it! More
places and details can be found as extras whether you purchase the kindle or
the paperback version of The Killing Collective: A Stanford Carter Murder
Mystery/Thriller. Please see links below:
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