By Jim Fusilli

THE PRICE YOU PAY

OUT NOW

A crime thriller, coming-of-age story and a family saga set in the mid-1970s in a crumbling city where violence and coercion reign.

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The Price You Pay

A crime thriller, coming-of-age story and a family saga set in the mid-1970s in a crumbling city where violence and coercion reign.

The Mayor of Polk Street

Two men in 1940s New Jersey are caught up in organized crime and international intrigue. 

Closing Time

This “dead perfect” noir-inflected murder mystery carries readers from New York’s most elite precincts to its dirtiest gutters (Robert B. Parker).

A Well-Known Secret

PI Terry Orr returns in this “complex, haunting story” of conspiracy and murder in post-9/11 New York  (Publishers Weekly).

Tribeca Blues

In this “gripping mystery,” New York City PI Terry Orr finally confronts the madman who murdered his wife and son (Providence Journal-Bulletin).

Narrows Gate

“Outstanding in every way – major talent, voice, feel and been-there knowledge meets a story as tough and complex as the time that inspired it.” (Lee Child)

Short Stories

Brutal & Strange

Sue, If You Must

The Girl, The Jacuzzi, The Gardening Shears

The Boogie-Woogie Kid

The Minnesota Twins

Zerbie vs. The Pandemic

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Jim Fusilli

im Fusilli is the author of ten novels including THE PRICE YOU PAY, THE MAYOR OF POLK STREET and its predecessor NARROWS GATE, which George Pelecanos called “equal parts Ellroy, Puzo and Scorsese” and Mystery Scene magazine said “must be ranked among the half-dozen most memorable novels about the Mob.”  The Narrows Gate setting is based loosely on Hoboken, New Jersey, where Jim was born.

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