Barbara Peters, owner of The Poisoned Pen, welcomed Kevin Wade to a virtual event. Wade’s new book, One Good Eye, is the sequel to Johnny Careless, a 2026 Edgar nominee for Best First Novel. The two talked about first and second novels for a short time. You can order a signed copy of One Good Eye through the Webstore, https://tinyurl.com/4d4scvma.
Here’s the description of One Good Eye.
After Johnny Careless, the “fast-moving classic crime novel” (John Sandford), comes the lively next installment in the Jeep Mullane series from veteran screenwriter and Blue Bloods showrunner Kevin Wade.
As a hurricane makes landfall on Long Island’s Gold Coast, Police Chief Jeep Mullane responds to a plea for help at the estate of his longtime friend Jenny Racine, who has been violently assaulted in a home invasion. Jenny was the girl next door growing up, is now a rich and famous entrepreneur, and has always been a compelling, infuriating, and magnetic presence in his life.
Though Jenny is adamant she wants no investigation of the incident, Jeep sets off on a lonely and dangerous path to find out who attacked her. As he makes alarming discoveries, he must pry open the secrets of Jenny’s ex-military ex-husband, a fugitive police captain, officious federal agents, steely blue-blooded women, and two local biker gangs, casting aside his protocol as a police chief to challenge the criminals himself.
All this unfolds across five action-packed days and twenty-five years of shared past as Jeep must grapple with his complicated history with Jenny, the thorny customs and secrets of his homeland, and a long-buried truth that leads him to the painful resolution.
Kevin Wade’s credits include the stage plays Key Exchange, Mr. & Mrs., and Cruise Control, and the screenplays for Working Girl, True Colors, Mr. Baseball, Junior, Meet Joe Black, and Maid in Manhattan. For television, he led the CBS drama Blue Bloods as the writer, showrunner, executive producer, and back-seat driver over its fourteen-year run. His first novel, Johnny Careless, was published in 2025.
Enjoy the conversation with Kevin Wade.