Brooklynese
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From the mean streets of New York City's prime mafia boro, comes a chase after savvy and streetwise bank robbers and jewel thieves that crosses international boundaries and time zones with the speed of a jet plane. Alexander weaves everything together with the skill of a true master of the action thriller category in an unforgettable extravaganza of capers, mayhem, hot gems, hot dames, and accomplished criminals who will stop at nothing to gain possession of a treasure whose value is almost beyond calculation. When a billion dollar diamond deal cut by one of New York's heaviest crime families goes sour, and the consignment of rare gems is lost overseas, a crew of wise guys straight out of Brooklyn is ordered to get it back -- any way they can. This is an international caper novel to end all caper novels, a nonstop page-turner jam-packed with action from start to finish and one of Alexander's boldest books ever. As crime thrillers go, Brooklynese is the boss of bosses.
"Brooklynese is an accomplishment by an author whose narrative skills are clearly at their peak and can sustain an ambitious plot, like the daring young man on the trapeze who flies through the air with the greatest of ease." -- Desert Sun
"If every crook could pull off a caper with the ease and skill Alexander ably demonstrates in Brooklynese, we'd all be broke." -- Globe Literary Supplement
"As a cops and robbers caper novel that positively drips with murder, mayhem, bad guys and bullets, this international crime thriller has all the right moves. I'll even say that rarely before have crooks, bank robbers and other kinds of criminals been portrayed in such a way that I as a reader wanted to get into the gang before I was even halfway through the story. That's what I call some seriously spellbinding storytelling.
While the story begins and ends in Brooklyn, which gives the book its title, Brooklynese is actually a top-notch international thriller with a heavy-duty plot that weaves together global organized crime, high-level espionage and international intrigue with all the frills of a first-class spy thriller.
The book is written with just that right touch that maintains its edge and stops short of making caricatures out of its characters. This is considerably harder to accomplish than making the characters seem like violent goofballs, the way they're all too often portrayed, because it requires considerably more writing skill.
I would assume it also takes more than just a casual familiarity with the ways of the characters about which the story is based. These characters aren't only Brooklyn "wise guys." They're also criminals that move in the high-class circles of European crime empires and the covert intelligence agents that they have connections with.
The story also shows a considerable knowledge of the international diamond business that moves from South African diamond mines, to smuggling rings that operate across national borders, then to the gemstone trading houses in Antwerp, Paris and New York." -- Vince Flynn
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David Alexander is a globally recognized defense professional, Pentagon researcher and historian, NATO policy analyst and one of the world's most versatile and prolific authors. As surefooted at writing nonfiction as he is at writing fiction, he is known for his unique talent for powerful plotting and unexpected story developments.
Dubbed "an Ian Fleming for the 21st Century" by one reviewer, David Alexander is an author of fiction and nonfiction. Known mainly as a book author, he has written in virtually all literary and journalistic forms. His fledgling appearance in print dates to a sonnet published in a New York City daily newspaper when David was seven. Between then and today, he has written and published in virtually every literary category, including novels, novelettes, short fiction, poetry, essays and film scripts.
Investigative journalism, technical writing on defense-related subjects and short fiction over Alexander's byline have appeared in US and international periodicals that have ranged from the glossy pages of Penthouse Magazine to the more sober leaves of the global defense journal Military Technology. His books and shorter writings have been translated into seven languages, including Italian, German and Japanese.
Alexander is an inveterate traveler and among the alumni of literary passengers on the Orient-Express; he has often used it as a basis for plot and reportage. David alternates his time between New York City, Paris and Rome, where he is comfortably situated on the east bank of the Tiber between the Vatican and the Colosseum, all the better to contemplate the agonies, ecstasies, follies and nobility of humankind.
David Alexander is also a prolific author of short fiction and has contributed to internet and print journals and anthologies. Some of Alexander's more commercial short fiction, such as espionage and hardboiled detective stories that originally appeared in such magazines as Penthouse and Playboy, are also available via his website. He also edited the anthology of short fiction and poetry, Death and Venice, published in trade paperback by Web Del Sol press.
His short story Conversations With the Doge of Venice, originally published in Death and Venice, was picked up by Highbeam Research as a featured story. Alexander's short fiction has appeared in numerous print and digital media venues. These include fiction journals such as Mississippi Review. whose editor, author Frederick Barthelme has praised Alexander's short fiction. Barthelme wrote: "There are few story writers working today more vibrant, innovative and exciting than David Alexander. His stories jump off the page in fits of sensory attack, spiritual complication, emotional trouble. I don't know where he came from, but I know where he's going -- to the front rank of American storytellers."
David was recently contacted by the producer of the documentary series for the History Channel entitled "America's Book of Secrets." This led to an agreement for the author's appearance and interview for the segment of "America's Book of Secrets" titled "Secrets of the Pentagon" as a knowledgeable observer of Pentagon history and affairs. The two-hour interview took place on a film location set at Gild Hall in Manhattan. David has appeared as an in-studio interview guest on the national radio program Air America / The Lionel Show; he was a guest on the national radio program the Dennis Miller Show. Some other recent media appearances include, The Lionel Show (Air America Radio; New York), Newsmakers (WRJN FM; Milwaukee/Racine, WI), Dan and Mike in the Mornings (WBEX AM; Columbus OH), and the Jim Bohannon Show.
Alexander has has been a regular contributor of investigative journalism to publications such as the aforementioned Penthouse Magazine and the journal Military Technology. Among articles written for the former under Alexander's byline are; The Business of War, The Surveillance Society and Undisclosed Locations. For the latter he has covered a variety of topics that range from nuclear weapons to battlefield robotics; all of his writings have made use of his considerable expertise in tactical matters, geostrategic policy and international military affairs.
