Book description
NEW YORK'S FINEST is the story of a city's transformation through the tireless efforts of Detective Steven McDonald, Nurse Justiniano, Jack Maple, and a host of hero cops-including the great niece of Jazz Age great Josephine Baker-the finest of The Finest.
The son and grandson of cops, Officer McDonald was…
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1 author picked New York's Finest as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Michael Daly provides a very human take on the rigors and realities members of enforcement face in America’s largest city.
Daly, an award-winning journalist, masterfully knits together such riveting accounts of officers who served during New York’s most turbulent eras, much as I do in my book, pulling together a well-rounded effort from these dramatic settings to the human accounts of those who served.
Daly’s characters are not one-dimensional, but real people navigating really impossible situations, facing physical and emotional risk. These narratives are rife with moral complexities, personal sacrifices, and harrowing twists and turns.
Daly is at his best…
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