Brad Parks is an award winning author I’d never read.

The Good Cop, deals with the subject of illegal gun smuggling and starts with the suicide of a Newark, New Jersey police officer.

A serious topic. But an entertaining, lighthearted read.

His novels are known for mixing humor with the gritty realism of their urban setting. Library Journal has called him “a gifted storyteller (with shades of Mark Twain or maybe Dave Barry).”^[1]