Gabriel Cohen Books in Order

Brooklyn homicide detective Jack Leightner becomes obsessed with a young man's murder beside the Gowanus Canal. The investigation draws him back to Red Hook, the neighborhood of his troubled childhood, while his estranged son explores its history.

Four neighbors share a Brooklyn courtyard while navigating marriage, career ambitions and hopes for children. When teenager Jamel Wilson starts playing loud music outside, a summer dispute exposes divisions and threatens the residents' uneasy coexistence.

A homemade coffin washes ashore containing a boy's body with letters marked on his forehead. Brooklyn detective Jack Leightner investigates the mystery around New York Harbor while contending with an unhelpful colleague and interrupted marriage plans.

Drawing on his divorce, Gabriel Cohen explores Buddhist approaches to the anger, grief and resentment accompanying a breakup. Personal experiences, teachings, interviews and research offer ways to understand emotional pain and respond to it differently.

Jack Leightner investigates the murder of an old Russian friend and becomes attracted to the man's widow. Meanwhile, killings disguised as suicides lead the Brooklyn detective into cases involving extortion, anger and his own unresolved history.

A stranger's visit challenges detective Jack Leightner's understanding of his family's past. Meanwhile, a Brooklyn deli killing attracts Homeland Security investigators, leaving Jack to pursue a present-day murderer alongside secrets from Red Hook's Mafia-dominated waterfront.