The Monsters of Gramercy Park

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This enthralling new novel from the award-winning author of The Greatest Gift is another immensely original and high-concept work of fiction, which brings together two disparate characters against a backdrop of secrecy and revelation. New York gang lord Wilson Velez, serving a life sentence in solitary confinement, is slowly losing his mind. Hundreds of miles away, celebrated crime novelist Lizbeth Greene falls apart as her inspiration runs dry.


So, when Lizbeth reads of Velez after his eventual release into the general prison population, her decision is instant. She will write a book about him. His story. A true-crime classic to revive her ailing career.


Beginning a series of visits to Velez in jail, Lizbeth becomes drawn into his dark world, as the pair engage in a complex and fascinating dance of attraction and rejection. Until, in time, their bargain starts to consume them both.


Woven through the story, meanwhile, is a children's book - titled The Monsters of Gramercy Park - that mirrors the ever-more intimate and dangerous relationship between Lizbeth and Velez.

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'Danny Leigh weaves an almost gothic story of mutual need, attraction and rejection all set to the backdrop of the eponymous children's book. That it frequently flies close to brilliance is down to the perfectly drawn intimacy and danger that lurk on every page.' Arena 'Vivid, clever, and intense ... a unique psychological thriller from Danny Leigh, a young writer with serious chops.' -- George Pelecanos 'A brilliant new novel from a brilliant new novelist, Danny Leigh. Read it as soon as you can.' -- John Sutherland Daily Telegraph 'In this captivating literary thriller, a top crime novelist develops a disturbingly dependent relationship with a nasty hood when she begins to visit him in prison. London-based Leigh has already moved up a gear from his debut The Greatest Gift which is soon to be made into a film.' Esquire

Author Bio

Danny Leigh was born in 1972. He is the author of two novels - The Greatest Gift and The Monsters of Gramercy Park.