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“Step aside, Ed McBain, George V. Higgins, and Joseph Wambaugh....This rough, tough novel comes to a fast boil of talent and excitement.” - The New York Times Book Review
Italy, 1944: A squad of American soldiers on a dangerous secret mission is ambushed and slaughtered...and a fortune in gold vanishes. Hong Kong, 1959: An aging American colonel, haunted by his wartime past, is brutally murdered in a luxurious brothel. Atlanta, 1975: The last survivor of the fatal World War II ambush in Italy is executed at point-blank range in a parking lot. Blowing away a crazed, gun-wielding drug dealer on a crowded city bus gets police detective Sharky bounced from the narc squad into the dreaded dregs of the department - vice. That's where he stumbles on a high-priced call girl and her pimp who are fleecing rich johns in an even higher-priced blackmail scam. Together with his “machine” of hard-bitten vice squad veterans, Sharky closes in for a big sting. He doesn't count on falling for Domino, his alluring target. Or falling into the middle of the murderous design she's a part of - involving a hot presidential candidate, the shadowy multimillionaire who's backing him, and the ice-cold assassin they're using to wipe out the past...before it blows their future to hell. “Every chapter crackles with sex, violence, and corruption.” - The Washington Post “Fast-paced, attention-holding, hard-hitting.” - Chicago Tribune “A slam-bang ending that should shock the most jaded thriller reader.” - Associated Press - from the back cover -
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by William Diehl