Books by Leonard Marks

This is the city tourists don''t see and most New Yorkers - the ones with jobs, the ones with money, the ones who own homes - don''t even know about. It''s the city where the hookers and pimps and strippers live and survive, where the predators exist and prey on the rest of us and on each other, the city where violence is commonplace and nearly always present. It''s midtown Manhattan where visitors come to see shows and eat in fancy restaurants and sleep in expensive hotels but it''s also where the furnished rooms and SRO''s are, where the chicken hawks work the streets and docks, where weapons are always close to hand and the police write off murders and assaults. It''s the world of John Board and John Puddle and others like them. This is the eighth in an exciting and almost unbelievable series of books about life in the underbelly of New York City, a place populated by strippers and pimps, prostitutes and predators. The author was a New York State parole officer for thirty years and lived the life he writes about. His characters come alive, their problems become your problems and their adventures will be felt and experienced by you. The story is told by a man who barely survives each day but does manage to do so. He is violent but some people depend on him and trust him with their lives. It''s a book that you will probably have difficulty putting down and may read more than once.

This is the city tourists don''t see and most New Yorkers - the ones with jobs, the ones with money, the ones who own homes - don''t even know about. It''s the city where the hookers and pimps and strippers live and survive, where the predators exist and prey on the rest of us and on each other, the city where violence is commonplace and nearly always present. It''s midtown Manhattan where visitors come to see shows and eat in fancy restaurants and sleep in expensive hotels but it''s also where the furnished rooms and SRO''s are, where the chicken hawks work the streets and docks, where weapons are always close to hand and the police write off murders and assaults. It''s the world of John Board and John Puddle and others like them. This is the seventh in an exciting and almost unbelievable series of books about life in the underbelly of New York City, a place populated by strippers and pimps, prostitutes and predators. The author was a New York State parole officer for thirty years and lived the life he writes about. His characters come alive, their problems become your problems and their adventures will be felt and experienced by you. The story is told by a man who barely survives each day but does manage to do so. He is violent but some people depend on him and trust him with their lives. It''s a book that you will probably have difficulty putting down and may read more than once.

Jake the Snake - not quite a con man, more a hustler trying to make a buck and keep his head above water in the seamy life that is Midtown New York at night. In trouble with the pimps, with the cops and with those whose tastes lead them into trouble as well.

This is the city tourists don't see and most New Yorkers - the ones with jobs, the ones with money, the ones who own homes - don't even know about. It's the city where the hookers and pimps and strippers live and survive, where the predators exist and prey on the rest of us and on each other, the city where violence is commonplace and nearly always present. It's midtown Manhattan where visitors come to see shows and eat in fancy restaurants and sleep in expensive hotels but it's also where the furnished rooms and SRO's are, where the chicken hawks work the streets and docks, where weapons are always close to hand and the police write off murders and assaults. It's the world of John Board and John Puddle and others like them. This is the fifth in an exciting and almost unbelievable series of books about life in the underbelly of New York City, a place populated by strippers and pimps, prostitutes and predators. The author was a New York State parole officer for thirty years and lived the life he writes about. His characters come alive, their problems become your problems and their adventures will be felt and experienced by you. The story is told by a man who barely survives each day but does manage to do so. He is violent but some people depend on him and trust him with their lives. It's a book that you will probably have difficulty putting down and may read more than once.

This is the city tourists don't see and most New Yorkers - the ones with jobs, the ones with money, the ones who own homes - don't even know about. It's the city where the hookers and pimps and strippers live and survive, where the predators exist and prey on the rest of us and on each other, the city where violence is commonplace and nearly always present. It's midtown Manhattan where visitors come to see shows and eat in fancy restaurants and sleep in expensive hotels but it's also where the furnished rooms and SRO's are, where the chicken hawks work the streets and docks, where weapons are always close to hand and the police write off murders and assaults. It's the world of John Board and John Puddle and others like them. This is book number three of twelve. The first, the Man With The Pointy Stick, introduced John Puddle. The second, John Board, focused on Board, this one continues the story. If you liked or were intrigued by the first two you'll like this as well.

The New York City You Don't SeeThis is the city tourists don't see and most New Yorkers - the ones with jobs, the ones with money, the ones who own homes - don't even know about. It's the city where the hookers and pimps and strippers live and survive, where the predators exist and prey on the rest of us and on each other, the city where violence is commonplace and nearly always present. It's midtown Manhattan where visitors come to see shows and eat in fancy restaurants and sleep in expensive hotels but it's also where the furnished rooms and SRO's are, where the chicken hawks work the streets and docks, where weapons are always close to hand and the police write off murders and assaults. It's the world of John Board and John Puddle and others like them. This is book number two of twelve. The first, The Man With The Pointy Stick, introduced John Puddle. This book is about John Board. If you liked or were intrigued by the first one you'll like this as well.

He's back! Book number four in a series of eight exciting and humorous adventures of a professional killer - who wants to get out of the business - and pimp - who keeps finding himself in the business - in Post-Civil War America. He's escaped from New York and the insanity of the Tweed Ring and is trying - with a beautiful woman - to make it across the country. You'd think it would be easy. It's not. Read this book and then wait for number five, due out in April.

"I''m The Man You Thought You Killed." Concerning My Efforts to Free Two Slaves Seven Years After The War.The second in a series of wild, insane, violent, sexy books about the old west. If you''ve read the first then you''ll know who you''re dealing with and you''ll wonder what''s happened to him since. Find out! And don''t forget...there''s a third on the way!