Neary’s, a legendary Irish pub — frequented by mayors, politicians, police commissioners, cardinals, writers and other celebrities– made headlines this month when Jimmy Neary, its owner and founder passed away at the age of 91. The restaurant opened on Manhattan’s 57th Street on St.Patrick’s Day in 1967. Almost as well-known as the celebrities who dined at Neary’s, Jimmy was still working at his restaurant until the day he died.
Regular readers of this blog may recognize the name of the restaurant since, entirely coincidentally, it appeared last week in a published excerpt from my new thriller Fool Her Once. The excerpt together with the cover reveal was featured on the Criminal Element website and in its weekly newsletter. Continue reading “Why Neary’s Restaurant Had To Be In My Thriller”
If you’re writing a novel, you know that setting is generally as important an element of the story as character and plot. In its narrowest sense, setting is the location of your story. Nowadays, of course, you don’t have to stir out of your comfortable writer’s chair to conduct location research, and discover if there really is a Gristedes supermarket on the corner of Third and 36th in Manhattan. All the research you need to do is right at your fingertips. You can google places where you want the main action of your novel to take place, or watch Youtube travel videos.