{"product_id":"nightswimming","title":"Nightswimming","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaterson, New Jersey, 1979: Jamie Palmieri is an up-and-coming patrol officer, three years out of the academy and frustrated with his slow rise to detective. That all changes one frigid night in January, when a double homicide at a local bar leaves the owner and a young woman dead. In the wake of the Rubin \"Hurricane\" Carter proceedings and the city's lingering distrust for the police, Jamie is told to expect a \"no one saw a thing\" investigation. But as Jamie traces a series of small leads, he's sent on a path where the tables turn suddenly - with the still-unknown killer now stalking Jamie and the people he's closest to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA classic police procedural charged with the social turbulence of the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New and Noteworthy Selection, \u003cem\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anagnos smartly uses the structure of the police procedural to probe the ways in which the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1970s were both an incredibly progressive and sneakily regressive time for women - and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eways men struggled to keep up when things were changing at such a dizzying clip...and brings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaterson, at this juncture, to vivid life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Sarah Weinman, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBook Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...debut novelist Anagnos sweats so many procedural details of Jamie's painstaking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einvestigation that you'll sweat along with him. The real star of this show is Paterson, which feels\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas menacing, vivid, and multilayered as Walter Mosley's Watts.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e-\u003cem\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Contemplative, pacy, and with a setting so vivid you can taste the industrial grit on your tongue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaterson, New Jersey in the late 1970s is not a place I've ever yearned to visit; by the time I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereached the propulsive climax of Anagnos's story, I never wanted to leave.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Kat Rosenfield, author of the Edgar Award-nominated thriller, \u003cem\u003eNo One Will Miss Her\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eNightswimming\u003c\/em\u003e is my favorite kind of crime novel-rich, character-driven crime that drops me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eright into the action. Melanie Anagnos beautifully conjures a 1970s Paterson, New Jersey that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efeels so lived in, I practically teleported. This is just the best kind of noir-a crime as complex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand relevant today as it ever was, a world where one good man can still make a difference. I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecannot wait to dive back into the world of Jamie Palmieri!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Halley Sutton, \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Hurricane Blonde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... all the intrigue, twists, turns, and danger one would hope for in a great crime novel. Anagnos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas written a compassionate, emphatic, sweet and sexy protagonist who I not only like but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elove...A page turner is an understatement. \u003cem\u003eNightswimming\u003c\/em\u003e pulls you in and doesn't let you go.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Patricia TM Dunn, author of the award-winning novel, \u003cem\u003eHer Father's Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melanie Anagnos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46719567986924,"sku":"9781962931151","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781962931151.jpg?v=1754564558","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/nightswimming","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}