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Banished NYPD cop Eddie Dunne knows his daughter Kate has been kidnapped by the Russian mob for something he's done. But the cops and Feds give him no help, and now he has to find out which of his misdeeds will lead him to his daughter-or to his death. From…

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Many cops retire and decide they want to write, but I think Ed Dee is just about the best of the bunch. I write crime fiction, but I usually write from the criminal’s point of view because I can’t compete with guys like Dee; he’s too good and knows too much.

In this novel, his protagonist is another one of those guys, another ex-cop who made some seriously bad choices and who paid a heavy price. Maybe he can live with it and squeak by, but then he hits one of those bumps, and he has to make some choices.…

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