Overview
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It was a sure thing. A truck with a thousand cartons of cigarettes, at a wholesale price of sixty dollars each. Mike Tedesco had thought through the foolproof plan for the early-morning hijacking. The only tricky part was disabling the GPS system that enabled the owner to track the truck and its valuable contents. He brought along the expert who swore he could do it in three minutes. He couldnāt, so Tedesco shot him dead in the middle of the rainy street in uptown Manhattan before fleeing the scene.
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NYPD Detective Dante Cepeda is called in and quickly decides he can solve this oneāhis great joyāas he explains to the attractive redheaded sergeant who works the case with him. The hunt leads Cepeda to a Russian mafioso, Tedescoās gorgeous girlfriend, Ā a curse that needs a blood sacrifice, and a scarred pit bull whoās survived a life of dogfights. A gritty tale of greed and casual violence, the latest crime novel from the Hammett Prize nominee is realistic, shocking, and relentlessly compelling.
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āSolomita knows his city and his people, and he writes with both muscle and sensitivity.ā āLos Angeles Times
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āA keen observer of humanity.ā āPublishers Weekly
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āA master at capturing on paper the flavor of streetwise cops and robbers and their victims.ā āLibrary Journal
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āSolomita has Elmore Leonardās flair for letting you view the world through his characterās eyes, no matter how narrow or how bloodshot.ā āThe New York Times
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