James Comey acquits himself like a pro in his debut fiction thriller.

Murder, They Wrote

This month in mystery books, we recommend reading former F.B.I. director James Comey’s crime-fiction debut, which draws from a lengthy career in and out of the courtroom

By Lisa Henricksson

Central Park West by James Comey

Plenty of people still blame former F.B.I. chief James Comey for the dire result of the 2016 election, because of his ill-timed reopening of the probe into Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. I made myself pick up his debut legal thriller with an open mind, and, I must admit, Comey acquits himself like a pro.

You can’t argue with his credentials. Comey served as deputy attorney general under George W. Bush, and as head of the F.B.I. under both Obama and Trump. Before that he was the top federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, so he knows the justice system inside out.