[3] Boyle had 12 years of Catholic education, which included Xaverian High School in Bay Ridge.

[6] In its review of The Lonely Witness, Publishers Weekly noted the gritty realism of Boyle's Brooklyn milieu.

[4] New Orleans Review examined the variety of themes that inform Boyle's approach to crime fiction in its discussion of his short-story collection, Death Don't Have No Mercy.

[8] On the cover of the U.K. edition of Boyle's 2019 comic crime caper, A Friend Is a Gift You Give Yourself, Roddy Doyle singled out the strength and humor of the female characters.

In reviewing Boyle's 2020 novel City of Margins -- set almost entirely in southern Brooklyn -- Stasio focused on his character studies, which featured "a mixture of affection and despair worthy of a Bruce Springsteen song.

"[9] Boyle's latest novel, Shoot the Moonlight Out (2021), drew its title from a Garland Jeffreys song.

"[10] A U.K. review of Gravesend from The Guardian cited the book's idiomatic dialogue and blue-collar setting, drawing a parallel with Elmore Leonard.

[12] France's oldest daily newspaper, Le Figaro, compared Boyle to Dennis Lehane and George Pelecanos, among others.