An NYPD detective investigates a double homicide in a Brooklyn candy store, in a thriller by the New York Timesâbestselling author of One Police Plaza.
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In Greenpoint, everyone comes to Yettaâs. A candy store one block west of McGoldrick Park, itâs a neighborhood landmark, the place where Brooklynites come to sip a soda, buy a paper, and argue about gentrification. But when Lt. Joe Gallagher comes by to drop off a birthday cake for Yetta, he doesnât notice the homeless man standing outside. Gallagher has just handed over the cake when the man enters, drops his shopping bag, and pulls out a shotgun. The lieutenant doesnât have time to reach his revolver before heâs blown away. Yetta is the next to die.
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Investigating the double homicide, Det. Lt. Tony Scanlon discovers that Gallagher was more than an ordinary hard-drinking, hardworking Irish cop. And as more killings follow, Scanlon knows that this will be a summer of blood for the NYPD.
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