J.L. Abramo

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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2001
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Jake Diamond

1 - Catching Water in a Net (Oct-2001)
2 - Clutching at Straws (Mar-2003)
3 - Counting to Infinity (Aug-2004)

Book List in Order: 11 titles

  • Catching Water in a Net

    Jake Diamond - 1

    “Mr. Diamond,” my visitor said, walking through the door connecting the two small rooms. “Can I help you, Miss…?” “You can call me Evelyn.” “So, Evelyn. How can I help you?” “It’s my husband.” If I had ten cents for every time...

  • Clutching at Straws

    Jake Diamond - 2

    Lefty Wright breaks into Judge Chancellor's empty house easy as pie. He has no clue about why he is being paid such a handsome sum for doing it. But the job description hadn't mentioned the corpse of a prominent criminal court judge lying halfway und...

  • Counting to Infinity

    Jake Diamond - 3

    San Francisco private investigator Jake Diamond is known for his stained neckties and stash of sour-mash whiskey; but Jake is more likely to be toting a worn paperback Classic novel than a handgun. More over-easy than hard-boiled, Diamond can be beat...

  • Gravesend

    On an afternoon in early February, the neighborhood is stunned and horrified when the lifeless body of an eight-year-old boy is discovered abandoned on the roof of an apartment building. The body has been mysteriously mutilated. No clues, no witnesse...

  • Chasing Charlie Chan

    Lenny Archer had more than a fair share of tough times and hard knocks, but he had finally decided to stay in the game rather than cash in his chips. Then, two late-night intruders at the Private Investigation office of Archer and Pigeon violently ta...

  • Circling the Runway

    Winner of the 2016 Shamus Award for Best Original Paperback PI Novel!

    Private Investigator Jacob Diamond and San Francisco Detective Sergeant Roxton Johnson are famous for not getting along. Cats and dogs. Oil and water. Liston and Ali. Jake ...

  • Brooklyn Justice

    BROOKLYN JUSTICE is a wild ride through the streets of the Borough of Churches. Private investigator Nick Ventura knows trouble -- but not how to keep his nose out of it. A pool of blood spreading across a casino poker table, a Buick plowing through ...

  • Coney Island Avenue

    THE DOG DAYS OF AUGUST IN BROOKLYN and the detectives of the 61st Precinct are battling to keep all hell from breaking loose.  Lives are taken in the name of greed, retribution, passion and the lust for power...and the only worthy opponent of this ...

  • American History

    The families of Salvatore Leone and Luigi Agnello had already been long-time bitter enemies in Sicily by the turn of the twentieth century.

    In 1914, Vincenzo Leone, Salvatore’s oldest son, emigrates to Philadelphia to start a new life for h...



  • Crossing the Chicken

    San Francisco. Late September, 2004.

    The Giants are hanging on to the slim hope of a spot in the Major League baseball playoffs.

    The Forty-Niners are hoping for their first win of the season after three losses.

    Vinnie “Strin...

  • Short Cuts

    Twenty years after the appearance of his first published short story, One Hit Wonder, Shamus Award-winner J.L. Abramo has assembled a collection of his previously published short crime fiction along with never before published stories and writings ab...

Award-Winning Books by J.L. Abramo

Circling the Runway
2016 Shamus Award -- Paperback Original P.I. Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.L. Abramo has published 11 books.

J.L. Abramo does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Short Cuts, was published in October 2023.

The first book by J.L. Abramo, Catching Water in a Net, was published in October 2001.

Yes. J.L. Abramo has 1 series.
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