THE KILLING YARDS
Dropping 9/22/2026 from Crooked Lane Books
“A gloriously gritty and dazzling novel. This is crime fiction at its best.”
Lou Berney, Edgar Award-winning author of CROOKS
New York City, 1993. Two-thousand murders a year, municipal services in free fall, a mayoral election coming fast. The city needs a place to forget itself. The city parties in Abattoir.
Jimmy Lettner runs the scene’s hottest nightspot, and jealous rivals are moving ecstasy in his club. As a reformed drug trafficker who lost a daughter in a narco-fueled car wreck, Jimmy charges his partner with addressing the situation. But Serge Thanakis is running an ecstasy ring of his own, and after he kills a competing operator, Abattoir falls under siege.
Violence quickly spirals. The NYPD closes in. A panicked Jimmy snorts mountains of cocaine and recruits deranged organized crime backup. Through it all, the dance floor stays packed. But how long can Jimmy’s reign as New York’s club king last?
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Jason Allison is a writer and former detective who spent twenty years with the NYPD. His debut novel, THE KILLING YARDS, will be published in September 2026 by Crooked Lane Books. His award winning fiction and has appeared in journals and anthologies. Bronx born and raised, he now lives in Massachusetts with his wife and their judgmental Golden Retriever.
He is represented by Alec Shane of Writers House.
