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Jason Allison

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in The Bronx, NY, The United States

June 02

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Bronx-born and raised, Jason Allison spent twenty years with the NYPD, mostly as a homicide detective. THE KILLING YARDS is his first novel. His award-winning fiction has been featured in literary journals and anthologies. He and his wife live in Massachusetts with their judgmental Golden Retriever.

Jason posts intermittently about culture at jasonallison.substack.com.

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	The Killing Yards 4.85 avg rating — 40 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 7: Winter 2022 by Roger Nokes, Jason Allison (Goodreads Author), Rusty Barnes (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 8: Summer 2022 by Roger Nokes, Mike McHone, Jennifer Stark 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022 by Susan Oleksiw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christine Bagley (Editor), Leslie Wheeler (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fighting Words: Bruisers, Brawlers, & Bad Intentions by Scott Blackburn (Goodreads Author), Jason Allison (Goodreads Author) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 11: Summer 2024 by Roger Nokes (Editor), Joshua Murray, Colin Brightwell 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Streets of Your Town: PI Stories by Frank Zafiro (Goodreads Author), Phillip Thompson (Goodreads Author), Meagan Lucas (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock and a Hard Place, Issue 14: Summer 2025 by Jason Allison (Goodreads Author), Christine Blackwicks, Libby Cudmore (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolfsbane: Best New England Crime Stories 2023 by Christine Bagley (Editor), Susan Oleksiw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leslie Wheeler (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Killing Yards: A Novel by Jason Allison (Goodreads Author), Kyle Snyder (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jason Allison and 126 other people liked Emily May's review of Ravenous: " "This land has the oldest of bones. Been here so long, even the stones have forgotten how long. It's seen glaciers come and go. Man will do the same. The tundra, the ice, and the bears will outlast us all." Confession: I love animal horror. Jaws, " Read more of this review »
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