In the Canyons of Shadow and Light

<p>Alex Boswell is a veteran NYPD homicide detective introspective world-weary and cynical. He's been on the job too long but it's the center of his life and the last thing he wants to do is quit.</p><p>But strange things are happening that make him question his sanity. They play out against a tangle of cases: the death of an autistic boy in a care home a deadly armed robbery in Harlem and an assistant district attorney found dead in his Upper West Side apartment.</p><p>Alex feels like he's losing his grip on reality in a police department culture prizing toughness where a breakdown could end his career. Can he do his job while hiding his deteriorating mental condition from his colleagues and from himself or will it overtake him in the end?</p><p>This is a sweeping story about death investigation memory mental illness and accepting vulnerability even when you're a hardboiled New York police detective.</p>