No one knows the real world of modern day cops like Joseph D. McNamara. In his new novel, this former beat cop and big-city police chief takes you inside the maelstrom that America's front line foot soldiers face everyday--from the street snitches to the thugs in City Hall, from the deals that get cut to the danger that never lets you go. . . . Kevin McKay is a hometown boy who grew up to be a cop. Now he's out of the fire and into the heat--transferred from narcotics to a serial rape case that is turning into murder. But while McKay scours San Francisco from the Tenderloin to Chinatown for a perp known only as Ski Mask, a web of betrayal is being spun by the most dangerous enemies a cop can ever have--the ones who carry a badge. Trusting no one--not his bosses, not the rich lady he's falling in love with--McKay is fighting back against a death trap with his wits, his courage, and his honor . . . on streets stained forever with blood.
FROM THE QUIET LIFE TO THE KILLING GROUND That morning Fraleigh, the high-tech boomtowns unorthodox new chief of detectives, had supervised a quiet stakeout. Now the mayors aide had been gunned down, and an innocent young woman was near death. There were indeed peculiar things going on in Silicon City. But the temptation of hard drugs, hot gold, or something even more priceless could explain everything. Power and greed were making suspiciously strange bedfellows out of certain local cops, politicos, and mob members. And that threatened to put a lot of people to sleep permanently.
A rich mans teenage daughter has disappeared, and for some reason, people in high places are getting nervous. Sergeant Fraleigh, a homicide cop, is put on the case and promptly violates the first directive of police work: he gets involved with a beautiful suspect. When big politics goes to bed with big money and with teenage girlsits tough to make the right choices. And the case of the rich mans missing daughter is a sinkhole of corruption dragging down microchip millionaires with more money than they know what to do with and more power than they know how to handle.
FROM THE QUIET LIFE TO THE KILLING GROUND That morning Fraleigh, the high-tech boomtowns unorthodox new chief of detectives, had supervised a quiet stakeout. Now the mayors aide had been gunned down, and an innocent young woman was near death. There were indeed peculiar things going on in Silicon City. But the temptation of hard drugs, hot gold, or something even more priceless could explain everything. Power and greed were making suspiciously strange bedfellows out of certain local cops, politicos, and mob members. And that threatened to put a lot of people to sleep permanently.
A rich mans teenage daughter has disappeared, and for some reason, people in high places are getting nervous. Sergeant Fraleigh, a homicide cop, is put on the case and promptly violates the first directive of police work: he gets involved with a beautiful suspect. When big politics goes to bed with big money and with teenage girlsits tough to make the right choices. And the case of the rich mans missing daughter is a sinkhole of corruption dragging down microchip millionaires with more money than they know what to do with and more power than they know how to handle.
No one knows the real world of modern day cops like Joseph D. McNamara. In his new novel, this former beat cop and big-city police chief takes you inside the maelstrom that America's front line foot soldiers face everyday--from the street snitches to the thugs in City Hall, from the deals that get cut to the danger that never lets you go. . . . Kevin McKay is a hometown boy who grew up to be a cop. Now he's out of the fire and into the heat--transferred from narcotics to a serial rape case that is turning into murder. But while McKay scours San Francisco from the Tenderloin to Chinatown for a perp known only as Ski Mask, a web of betrayal is being spun by the most dangerous enemies a cop can ever have--the ones who carry a badge. Trusting no one--not his bosses, not the rich lady he's falling in love with--McKay is fighting back against a death trap with his wits, his courage, and his honor . . . on streets stained forever with blood.
In booming high tech Silicon Valley, Sheriff Rusty Carter loses interest in police work when his wife dies of cancer. After he retires, the Sureos gang, for unknown reasons, almost succeeds in murdering Rusty, who kills two gang-bangers in self-defense. Rusty turns to his former Department for help only to fi nd that the Sheriff s Department may be complicit. And a sleazy D.A. may be about to indict him for murder. As if that isnt enough, its also not clear to Rusty whether or not a young, hot, sexy female lieutenant heading the Homicide Squad wants to bed him or put him on death row in San Quentin. Aware that he and his closet friends are in danger of assassination by the gangs, Rusty turns to his former allies in the FBI and the DEA. They inform him that Mexican Drug Cartels and the local Sureos have put out a contract on him. They advise him to disappear. But Rusty isnt about to be run out of town by gangsters. Working to fi nd out who has marked him for death and why, the ex-sheriff finds himself pondering preemptive strikes against his powerful enemies. Whack them before they whack you!
Fraleigh is the new acting police chief of the turbulent Silicon City police force. His first SWAT strike is a disaster, a psycho sex killer named Zorro is on the loose, and Fraleighs hot affair with a lady politician threatens to become a media bonfire, with Fraleigh as the marshmallow. In short, Chief Fraleigh wouldnt mind becoming invisible. Instead, he ends up at the seedy Blue Mirage, where a routine collar explodes into a big-time sting tied up with millions, murder, and political mayhem. Its a case that propels Fraleigh to his hometown, the Big Apple, where he confronts his troubled cop brotherand an old NYPD scandal that wont die, but might just kill him. . . .
Provides an overview of contemporary police work and gives information to assist readers in understanding the complex relationship between police and society, in making informed decisions about social issues facing the police institution, and in guiding officials in their approaches to law enforcement operations and policies. Contains sections on areas such as the police in American society, historical perspectives, organization and management, police culture and behavior, the police in the modern community, and policing the drug problem. Includes bandw photos, margin notes on web sites, special topics boxes, and chapter summaries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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