Ocean City NJ Crime Novel

In a completely unique style, and dramatically different from his first two novels, Vincent Malfitano takes us into an entirely new arena of psychological anomalies. With stunning accuracy and vivid detail, he brings us right into the action. You’ll find yourself right there, on the island where this story takes place, and drawn easily into the near-by fringes of society where an entirely different reality exists, thrives, and intermingles with ours. The author taps into our most tangible memories – especially those from childhood, where the colors were deeper and the feelings more intense than the present.

Ready for an unscheduled vacation? Take some time with the real locals of Ocean City, New Jersey. Not the ones with tanned, trim bodies and surfboards, but those you have passed a thousand times and never noticed. These are the ones that clean the rentals where you stay, and burn their forearms pulling the pizzas you eat from the scalding ovens. Or the ones that are building the houses you walk by, on your way to the boardwalk. The ones you don’t see. The events of this story are fictional. The rest, however, is not. The places are all real. The people are real. All of them. The police. The addicts. The hard-working immigrants. The lazy Americans. Even Carmine. Men living in quiet desperation. And the women of both good and bad intent. The next time you visit the island, keep an eye out for them. All you have to do is look.

Vincent Malfitano is a retired criminal prosecuting attorney and Ocean City native. He’s also an avid surfer who spends most of time in board shorts and tee shirts. If he wears shoes at all, they are flip-flops.

 Malfitano is intimately familiar with both Ocean City and crime, making this well-crafted novel a must for those similarly inclined.

 With precision, Malfitano finds – and dissects the ironic, while his acerbic wit pierces the heart. Flickering just under the surface of every quip, and every devastating detail of the darkness that can take over the heart, and propel the body, you will find the signature deep and sympathetic tenderness which you have come to love in this author.