My first book by this author and will read more. It's a police procedural but it feels fresh. The characters are pretty great and the CSU characters are damn funny. There's a good bit of New York history in here and it works really well. Bad points: The serial killer scenes are moderately tedious, there are some odd coincidences and bad guy choices are questionable. I can let those slide since the book does not last longer than necessary and let you get bored.