"...False Stature fairly drags
the reader through a wringer
of adventure, mystery, and action.
Beware to anyone who
opens this book...it is
impossible to put down once
it is started. McGowan is an excellent
yarn spinner!"
--Shelley Glodowski, Midwest Book Review
Dennis J. McGowan
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| "Tantalizing Characters" "Natural Storyteller" "Stand-out Writer" "Stunning Accomplishment" | 
False Stature Discretion is the key word two young rookies on the New York Police Department must employ. The West Bronx natives have dreamed of becoming members of the prestigious NYPD since childhood, but their reality is turning into a nightmare. Jim Mackery subdues a cop killer on his road to detective, but his best friend Frankie Driscoll ends up in prison. Driscoll's undercover detail must be kept from Mackery and growing mistrust creates a rift in the friendship until a rogue police sergeant, pedophile priest and shared childhood secret loom large in the investigation of a runaway's murder.
"McGowan sets up almost a stream of consciousness plot full of action and dialogue, to build up tantalizing characters so real the reader squirms throughout the entire book. His knowledge is incredible, and the inside story he concocts is a page-turner. Instead of the reader waiting for the book to produce results, False Stature fairly drags the reader through a wringer of adventure, mystery, and action. Beware to anyone who opens this book...it is impossible to put down once it is started. McGowan is an excellent yarn spinner!" --Shelley Glodowski, Midwest Book Review
"FALSE STATURE is an absolutely wonderful, dramatic, fast paced book that has been written by a talent who knows how to grab your attention, and doesn't let it go. I cannot recommend this book too highly. You have just got to read FALSE STATURE, by Dennis J McGowan." --Sue Hartigan, All About Murder Reviews "Author Dennis J. McGowan is a natural storyteller, and his characters are finely-drawn and believable. As surprise after surprise is sprung on the reader, a bond forms between his characters and the reader, particularly the vulnerable Frankie, who cannot tell anyone that he is working as an undercover officer....This first book by retired police detective McGowan offers the promise of even more wonderful, and authentic, work to come. This book is a keeper." --Natalie R. Collins, author of SisterWife "False Stature is a gripping who-dunnit from the very first page! The excitement and suspense will keep the reader on the edge of their seats. McGowan's talent is immense and one of the brightest new talents to shine in this or any other genre. I highly recommend this author who is destined for the best seller lists, right along side James Patterson. I can't wait for his next release, Echoes of Ignorance." --Katherine Sutcliffe, author of the multi-award-nominated Darkling I Listen "This book is alive! The sense of time and place is so palpable you can smell and taste it. False Stature is well written, fast-paced, heartfelt and dramatic. But the author's most stunning accomplishment was to evoke a world that is so real it's impossible not to believe. A great first novel." --Edward Dee, former NYPD Lieutenant & Author of 14 Peck Slip; Bronx Angel; Little Boy Blue; and Night Bird."False Stature is an imaginative, fast-paced thriller with ironic twists and surprises a-plenty. Enjoyable reading that will keep you thinking and hold your interest to the last page. Dennis J. McGowan is a stand-out writer with a future in an already highly competitive field." --Dan Mahoney, former NYPD Captain & Author of Detective First Grade; Edge of the City; Hyde; Once In, Never Out; and Black and White."Dennis J. McGowan writes like a runaway train--fast and powerful. He may have entitled his novel FALSE STATURE, but there is nothing FALSE about his STATURE as a writer. He is as real as the streets of New York." -- Lewis Burke Frumkes, Director Manhattan Marymont College Writing Center, WPAT Radio Personality and Author of Metapunctuation; Manhattan Cocktail; The Logophile's Orgy, et. al. |
Last Revised: 10/08/02
Copyright © 2001 Dennis J. McGowan. All rights reserved.
