Background
Newman, Christopher Joseph was born on April 18, 1952 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of William Leo and Ann Marie (Cuff) Newman.
(THE HIT A male Caucasian has been shot dead in a Hell's K...)
THE HIT A male Caucasian has been shot dead in a Hell's Kitchen alley—that's what the report says. But once the police hit the scene, the word hits the street: the dead man is a cop. A big shot from Internal Affairs. THE HUNT The official story says the shooter was a local lowlife. But Detective Joe Dante has other ideas—and lots of ugly questions. Dante knows the victim had plenty of enemies, and most of them are members of the force. Was the murdered cop ambushed by one of his own? THE HEAT Now the department is closing ranks, the unmistakable stink of corruption is in the air, and it looks like Dante's hunches are right on the money. To smoke out the killer, Dante's prepared to put every cop in New York on the hot seat—and his own life on the line: Because whoever gunned down one cop in cold blood is prepared to do it again. MID-TOWN NORTH Christopher Newman returns to the beat he knows best in a big, nerve-splitting police novel that tells the raw truth about law out of order.
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(A big shot cop from Internal Affairs is found dead in a H...)
A big shot cop from Internal Affairs is found dead in a Hell's Kitchen alley. The official report says the shooter was a local lowlife, but Detective Joe Dante knows that the cops from Internal Affairs have more enemies on the Force than off it. Was the cop murdered by one of his own? As Dante presses his investigation, the department closes ranks, and soon Dante must put his own life on the line to stop the killer from striking again . . .
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(“NEWMAN REALLY KNOWS THE TERRITORY.” —William Caunitz, au...)
“NEWMAN REALLY KNOWS THE TERRITORY.” —William Caunitz, author of ONE POLICE PLAZA For Detective Joe Dante, a grisly killing is the first shocker in the last case any cop wants… MILLIONAIRE ART COLLECTOR OSCAR WEMBLEY is hacked to death with a kitchen knife, his priceless paintings slashed to bits, his blood used to paint vicious epithets on the walls of his Greenwich Village townhouse… FAT-CAT NEUROSURGEON GEORGE SCULLY is slapped with a killer malpractice suit that could ruin his practice, destroy his marriage to a WASP princess, and expose his cozy setup with shapely blond cokehead Fiona Hassey… BRILLIANT DETECTIVE JOE DANTE, formerly of Midtown South, now assigned to the Sixth Precinct, is tracking down the maniac who probably killed Wembley when an even more bizarre and baffling murder forces him to question everything and everyone he knows…
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("Tough, gritty suspenseful...Newman is one of the best in...)
"Tough, gritty suspenseful...Newman is one of the best in the business." William J. Caunitz Author of EXCEPTIONAL CLEARANCE A ruthless IRA terrorist is loose on the streets of New York City. A C.E.O. and his mistress are killed execution-style. Joe Dante has let the terrorist get away once before. This time, he's going deep undercover and into the crime-infested New York underworld ruled by the merciless Irish mob, the Westies to trab his quarry. With the mob and the terrorists calling the shots, Dante's got to live by their rules...or die by them.
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(REVENGE When mob hitman Jack Terranova knocks off a CIA m...)
REVENGE When mob hitman Jack Terranova knocks off a CIA man in Cali, Colombia, he unleashes the fury of the dead man's friend, a mild-mannered sailor from California named Bueno, former occupation: Snake Hunter. CONSPIRACY Terranova works for Diego Cardona, former major in the Nicaraguan secret police. Along with a secret "action group" of U.S. espionage hotshots, Cardona has masterminded a plan that hinges on stolen missile guidance systems, political assassination, and six divisions of U.S. Marines. But the plan doesn't include Bueno. SUSPENSE With the clock ticking down, Bueno finds himself on a trail marked by dead bodies, beautiful women, and desperate men. What started out as a personal vendetta has led into a devious network of intrigue that stretches from South America to Silicon Valley and from Washington, D.C. to a tiny island off the Nicaraguan coast. Mañana means tomorrow. Tomorrow may never come.
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("Newmanis oneof the best in the business." William J. Cau...)
"Newmanis oneof the best in the business." William J. Caunitz Author of EXCEPTIONAL CLEARANCE Even cynical New York City is rocked by the brutal murder of Congresswoman Cora Davis. Lt. Joe Dante's only suspect are the last two people to see Davis alive: the lead singer in the rock megaband Crucifixion and the wife of a right-wing Southern senator. As Dante is caught up in a tangle of hypocrisy and intrigue, angry NYPD brass are breathing down his neck, and he's up to his chin in blackmail, sex scandals, cover-ups and new bodies. If he doesn't crack this case, his badge is on the line--but trapping his vicious prey means putting himself in the line of fire....
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(In 1963, a beautiful young girl dies in the middle of an ...)
In 1963, a beautiful young girl dies in the middle of an abortion on a cold table in a motel room. The cover-up is quick, quiet and -- for almost thirty years -- worth every penny. Now it's 1991. At the dawn of a presidential campaign, the old secret suddenly surfaces. To one man it means enormous profit. To a second man it means a lethal mystery. When the stakes are high, there are no loyalties and no rules -- even for top-level U.S. government agents. Especially for them.
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(An electrifying new thriller from The New York Times best...)
An electrifying new thriller from The New York Times bestselling author, one of the originators of the big-city police novel William J. Caunitz, the author of such classics as One Police Plaza and Exceptional Clearance, is back in bestselling form with his latest New York City cop thriller, Chains of Command. When a young police officer is shot and killed in his girlfriend's apartment in Washington Heights, investigators suspect that he had been taking money from the Dominican drug gangs that rule the neighborhood. An ambitious female deputy police commissioner and a daring detective lieutenant go up against the forces of greed, rivalry, and long-buried secrets to protect the ones they love and solve the crime of their careers. These two cops are the best of the true blue, brave, and loyal. * Caunitz's first four novels were New York Times bestsellers * Cleopatra Gold was a New York Times Notable Book in 1993 "He knows more about cops and what moves them than Joseph Wambaugh or George V. Higgins. Its special strength is its carefully exacting depiction of what the working life of a big-city police department really is like."--The New York Times Book Review (on One Police Plaza)
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(The rich, the poor, and the evil take on two New York cop...)
The rich, the poor, and the evil take on two New York cops in a gripping novel that rips the city wide open. THE KILLER. The leather-clad owner of a fancy townhouse that looks like a porn parlor, a very wealthy man with one devastating obsession. THE CAST. Brutal, terrifying murders of prostitutes who bear an uncanny resemblance to one another. THE COPS. Rosa Losada. straitlaced, by-the-book detective with her own private reason for entering the department. And Joe Dante, undercover detective, fresh from five years in the city's seamy drug culture, ready for the easy duty of life in a precinct. But when the precinct borders on Manhattan's Times Square, there's no such thing as easy duty—and this case is as hard as they come. MID-TOWN SOUTH. One hell of a terrific thriller, a new-fashioned police novel of the people drawn together by violence in the heart of New York City.
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(Even cynical New York City is rocked by the brutal murder...)
Even cynical New York City is rocked by the brutal murder of Congresswoman Cora Davis. An outspoken advocate of warning labels on rock music, she is censored forever when she's bludgeoned and strangled in a Manhattan hotel room. Lt. Joe Dante's prime—and only—suspects are the last two people to see Davis alive: the lead singer of the rock megaband Crucifixion and the wife of a right-wing Southern senator. Polar opposites in the public eye, these two are secret lovers. Heading up the homicide investigation, Dante is thrust into a tangle of hypocrisy and intrigue. While angry NYPD brass breathe down his neck, Joe's up to his chin in blackmail, sex scandals, cover-ups... and a mounting body count. Dante's in double jeopardy: if he doesn't crack the case, his badge is on the line—but trapping his vicious prey means putting himself in the line of fire... BLOCKBUSTER PRAISE FOR CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN: “HARD HITTING, SUSPENSEFUL. NEWMAN REALLY KNOWS THE TERRITORY” —William Caunitz, author of ONE POLICE PLAZA and SUSPECTS “JOE DANTE IS ONE OF THE BEST OF THE MODERN MANHUNTERS, AND HE GETS BETTER IN EVERY BOOK.” —Donald E. Westlake “NEWMAN IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.” —William J. Caunitz “LIEUTENANT JOE DANTE'S NEW YORK SIZZLES.” —Lawrence Block “NEWMAN PROVES ONCE AGAIN THAT HE CAN WRITE A GREAT STORY.” —W.E.B. Griffin
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Newman, Christopher Joseph was born on April 18, 1952 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of William Leo and Ann Marie (Cuff) Newman.
Bachelor in Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1979.
Freelance writer, since 1979.
(REVENGE When mob hitman Jack Terranova knocks off a CIA m...)
(In a posh Manhattan hotel, the brilliant chief executive ...)
(An electrifying new thriller from The New York Times best...)
(The rich, the poor, and the evil take on two New York cop...)
(The rich, the poor, and the evil take on two New York cop...)
(THE HIT A male Caucasian has been shot dead in a Hell's K...)
(In 1963, a beautiful young girl dies in the middle of an ...)
(THE STREETS Detective Joe Dante lives in a downtown loft ...)
(Even cynical New York City is rocked by the brutal murder...)
(A big shot cop from Internal Affairs is found dead in a H...)
("Newmanis oneof the best in the business." William J. Cau...)
(“NEWMAN REALLY KNOWS THE TERRITORY.” —William Caunitz, au...)
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("Tough, gritty suspenseful...Newman is one of the best in...)
Member Writers Guild American East, Mystery Writers American.
Married Susan Dell Lohmann, November 9, 1982.