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From the station houses to the joy houses, they knew about Mike Carmody. He was the best cop money could buy, and when the Syndicate boys said jump, Carmody knew just how high. But they couldn’t buy Carmody’s kid brother Eddie—and when Eddie turned against them, the Mob snuffed him out like a nickel cigar.
Now Carmody’s coming after them—savage and bloodthirsty. He’s stalking them down the city’s darkened back alleys … and straight into hell.
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"McGivern has slipped off the modern radar. Pity. Excellent, tough yarn is about a bent cop struggling with his cynical attitudes. Reprinted in the 1980s. "
— Ed (4 out of 5 stars)
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" McGivern has slipped off the modern radar. Pity. Excellent, tough yarn is about a bent cop struggling with his cynical attitudes. Reprinted in the 1980s. "
— Ed, 7/24/2010
About William P. McGivern
William P. McGivern (1919–1982), born in Chicago, grew up in Mobile, Alabama. After quitting high school, he started to write. He served in World War II and then studied in England before returning to the United States, where he worked as a police reporter for the Philadelphia Bulletin. After his first novels appeared in the 1940s, he received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. In the 1960s he and his wife moved to Hollywood, where he wrote for film and television. Several of his books were made into motion pictures, including The Big Heat and Rogue Cop.
About Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner (a.k.a. Tom Parker) is an award-winning narrator with over a thousand titles to his credit. Named one of the “Best Voices of the Century” and a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine, he has won three prestigious Audie Awards, was chosen Narrator of the Year for 2005 by Publishers Weekly, and has earned more than thirty Earphones Awards.