Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiddo | 1986 | David Handler | Buy |
| 2 | The Boss | 1988 | David Handler | Buy |
The Danny Levine books were David Handler’s first published novels. Kiddo appeared in 1986 and The Boss followed in 1988, the same year Handler launched the Stewart Hoag mystery series that would become his best-known work. The Danny Levine novels are more literary in nature, focusing on a young man’s experiences in New York rather than on crime and detection.
These two books are mainly of interest to readers who want to see where Handler started before he found his voice as a mystery writer. The character-driven approach and New York setting show a different side of his writing, though traces of the sharp observational humor that defines his later work are already present.