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The Lonely Witness
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Amy was once a party girl, but she now lives a lonely life, helping the house-bound to receive communion in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn. She stops in at one of the apartments on her route and Mrs. Epifanio says her usual caretaker, Diane, has the flu—or so Diane's son Vincent says.Amy's brief interaction with Vincent in the apartment that day sets off warning bells, so she assures Mrs. E that she'll find out what's going on. She tails Vincent and a mysterious man through Brooklyn, but then, almost before Amy can register what has happened, Vincent is dead. And for reasons she can't quite understand, Amy collects the murder weapon from the sidewalk and soon finds herself on the trail of a killer.
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Amy was once a party girl, but she now lives a lonely life, helping the house-bound to receive communion in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn. She stops in at one of the apartments on her route and Mrs. Epifanio says her usual caretaker, Diane, has the flu—or so Diane's son Vincent says.Amy's brief interaction with Vincent in the apartment that day sets off warning bells, so she assures Mrs. E that she'll find out what's going on. She tails Vincent and a mysterious man through Brooklyn, but then, almost before Amy can register what has happened, Vincent is dead. And for reasons she can't quite understand, Amy collects the murder weapon from the sidewalk and soon finds herself on the trail of a killer.
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      • source: Publishers Weekly (Starred)
      • content: Powered by brilliantly realized characters, a richly described and grittily realistic backdrop, and subtle yet powerful imagery, this is crime fiction at its best: immersive, intense, and darkly illuminating.
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      • source: Nick Mamatas, author of I Am Providence
      • content: Boyle is a bard of Brooklyn.
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      • source: Popular Culture Association
      • content: A powerful, character-driven suspense novel that can keep you on the edge of your seat.
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      • source: Mary Miller, author of 'Big World,' 'The Last Days of California,' and 'Always Happy Hour'
      • content: As Amy's old life catches up with her, the small, safe world she's built for herself quickly unravels. Binge-worthy and gorgeously written, with prose so vivid it's as if Boyle is taking you down streets you've known your entire life, The Lonely Witness will make you wonder if you can ever escape your past self, or if you'd even want to.
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      • source: Booklist (Starred)
      • content: Once a party girl, Amy now lives a solitary existence. This remarkable discordance is riveting, especially after Amy witnesses a murder and becomes at once traumatized by the crime and obsessed with the murderer. Amy elicits the same dark fascination as Sara Gran's stellar neo-noir detective, Claire DeWitt. Boyle was featured in a Guardian write-up that compared him to Elmore Leonard and declared him a 'new name to watch.' That watching continues with this outstanding thriller.
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      • source: Mystery People (Pick of the Month)
      • content: William Boyle has worked his way into becoming one of crime fiction's talents. In both his short story collection and debut novel, he chronicles the battered souls of working class East Coast in a way that hits the heart without being maudlin. His second novel, The Lonely Witness, proves he is taking his skills further. What makes William Boyle's work ring with such a strong and true voice is that he realizes for many daily life is a struggle. His writing prays for them.
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      • source: Sara Gran, author of 'Dope,' 'Come Closer,' 'Saturn's Return to New York,' and the Claire DeWitt series
      • content: In The Lonely Witness, William Boyle has created a classic noir and a classic of Brooklyn. I loved this character, this world, and this book. Boyle has written a slim, unputdownable book that gets into every dark corner in the outskirts of Brooklyn, a world no one knows better. Gravesend and the rest of outer, unknown, still-mysterious Brooklyn shine in this compulsively readable thriller.
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      • source: Reed Farrel Coleman New York Times bestselling author of 'What You Break'
      • content: A 'thread' of suspense doesn't begin to describe the tension William Boyle has created in his novel The Lonely Witness. Amy is one of those refreshingly complex characters we see more and more of in today's novels.
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      • content: The Lonely Witness is a map of Brooklyn's genome. Amy Falconetti is that rarest of noir characters, a woman redeemed and a redeemer. Walking in her shoes for only a few blocks is worth the price of admission.
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      • source: Woody Haut, author of Pulp Culture, Neon Noire, Heartbreak & Vine
      • content: Amy is the epitome of The Lonely Witness, William Boyle's second character-driven novel that explores the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and the people who inhabit them. Boyle skillfully shows how crime fiction has the ability to explore what motivates people to choose their path in life. Boyle launched his gritty vision about this section of Brooklyn, where neighbors make their own small town, in his debut, Gravesend. The Lonely Witness offers an excellent sequel with a superb plot, matched by its realistically shaped characters.
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      • source: Melissa Ginsburg, author of 'Sunset City'
      • content: A beautifully nuanced novel that has an unhurried but compelling narrative drive, a central character you are totally invested in, and a locale—the Gravesend neighborhood in Brooklyn—that does indeed function as a major character, interacting with and psychically affecting each and every person in the book.
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      • source: Criminal Elements
      • content: A knockout combination of in-depth character work, Brooklyn atmosphere, and straight-up gritty noir. The devotion Boyle demonstrates for character, story and place is perhaps the one unadulterated emotion on display in a story imbued with ambiguous morality and loyalty.
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      • source: Oline Cogdil, The Associated Press
      • content: The Lonely Witness is a tense, and, at times, darkly funny, thriller. Reminiscent of writers from Daniel Fuchs to George...
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        Starred review from March 12, 2018
        Years ago, Amy Falconetti, the heroine of Boyle’s poignant second novel set in Brooklyn (after Gravesend), worked as a hard-partying bartender and dated an aspiring actress named Alessandra. Now in her mid-30s and alone, Amy is volunteering as a Eucharistic minister, bringing communion to elderly shut-ins who live in her neighborhood. Her boring life is suddenly turned upside down when she witnesses a murder. Complicating matters is the sudden return of Alessandra and her alcoholic father, who left her when she was a child. Amy, who believes the killer saw her and is now stalking her, must also deal with her still strong feelings toward Alessandra and her contempt for Alessandra’s father, who desperately wants to make amends for his past bad behavior. In the chaos, Amy sees high-risk avenues to escape her dead-end life—but is an unknown future better than living a safe shadow existence? Powered by brilliantly realized characters, a richly described and grittily realistic backdrop, and subtle yet powerful imagery, this is crime fiction at its best: immersive, intense, and darkly illuminating. Agent: Nat Sobel, Sobel Weber Assoc.

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