Richard Grayson

When Ronna said that Craig said to her, “How could you have ever gone out with Richie? You’re complete opposites,” I wanted to burst out crying. But what Craig said is true.

Williamsburg detective Claudia Cardinale rides the L train to the end of the line in Canarsie to find out why the names of streets in her neighborhood are now pronounced differently. (PG-14)

Someone in Williamsburg has taken Molly – not the club drug, but Papi’s beloved bodega cat – and detective Claudia Cardinale must find the farblondjet feline. (PG-14)

Blonde, with steel-rimmed glasses, she’s German, Catholic, probably rich. She said her Orthodox Jewish boyfriend used to get stoned and wrestle her while he yelled about her killing his ancestors in Europe.

“Drew used to lay guilt trips on my mother all the time. We went through a heavy scene, but now the relationship is over.” It was weird to hear those words out of the mouth of a six-year-old.

The Hasidic landlord Mr. Ratmansky throws a publication party for his cartoonist tenant’s new comic book – but Elmo’s comics have gone missing and detective Claudia Cardinale must investigate. (PG-14)

In her first assignment for Vice Magazine, detective Claudia Cardinale must find out who took the Adderall supply of Williamsburg author Jasper Moon, rendering him unable to write. (PG-14)

A friend of Leroy’s got a 98 on his high school English Regents. On the test, an essay question said, “Write a composition on your favorite place,” and he started his essay, “My favorite place is the vagina . . .”

Elayne kept touching me and hugging me and at one point she said, “You’d better guard your crotch because in a minute I’m going to grab it.”

Williamsburg detective Claudia Cardinale interrupts her reading of a Tao Lin novel to investigate a shocking story about her friend Rose’s favorite old Italian restaurant on Havemeyer Street. (PG-14)

I suppose that, in time, Ronna will find someone and we won’t make love anymore – and in a way, I want her to find someone, for she deserves happiness – but I can’t help feeling that there will always be something special between us.

Williamsburg detective Claudia Cardinale and her streetwise pal O.G. investigate the disappearance of the breakdancing Twinkletoes Twins. Was a Bitcoin conspiracy involved? (PG-14)