IT WAS NEW YORK, 1929, A CITY OF SPEAKEASIES, SWELLS AND HOODLUMS AT THE FAG END OF THE ROARING TWENTIES. IT'S A HELL OF A TIME AND PLACE FOR A YOUNG COP TO BE TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY IN THE WORLD. JOE QUINN'S FIRST CASE IS ONE THAT COULD PUT HIS NAME UP IN LIGHTS; A BANKER TAKES A DIVE FROM A TALL BUILDING ONTO WALL STREET. ALL THE SIGNS POINT TO MURDER. PRETTY SOON, THE DEAD MAN HAS COMPANY; A GROUP OF OLD BUDDIES IS BEING ELIMINATED, IN A PARTICULARLY GRUESOME MANNER. FOR THE YOUNG DETECTIVE A CASE THAT STARTS AS AN OPPORTUNITY SWIFTLY BECOMES A NIGHTMARE FROM WHICH HE CANNOT ESCAPE. JOE QUINN IS ABOUT TO DISCOVER JUST HOW TOUGH BEING AN HONEST COP IN A DISHONEST WORLD CAN BE.
ISBN Number | 9780552153089 |
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Author/s | BRADBY T |
Format | Book |
Edition | 1ST - 2010 |
Publisher | RANDOM HOUSE |
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